Golgi Apparatus

Golgi apparatus or Golgi complex is an assemblage of flat or curved sacs (cisternae) lying one above the other.

Discovery

These were discovered by “Camillo Golgi” in 1898 in the neural tissue of the animals.

Functions

•          i.            These connected with cell secretions, which are products formed within the cell on Ribosomes and then passed to the outside through endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. These secretions are converted into finished product.
•        ii.            These also modify the proteins and lipids by adding carbohydrates and convert them into glycoprotein or glycolipids.

•       iii.            These are also involved in lysosome synthesis.