What is the function of the Golgi apparatus?

Answer 1

This organelle typically functions to carry proteins within the cell and out of the cell.

Its' function is to modify, sort, and package proteins and other materials from the cellular endoplasmic reticulum for storage within the cell and the secretion to the exterior of the cell.

It is a part of a complex internal sorting and distributing system in the cell. One of the most important functions of the Golgi apparatus is the formation of lysosomes (single membrane bounded organelles containing hydrolytic enzymes).

The Golgi is made of stacks of membrane bound bodies known as the cisternae. In plant cells, these stacks are usually found as individuals, called dictyosomes. In one plant stack, there are about 4 to 8 cisternae and in the animal cell 40 to 100 per stack. Each of these cisternae is flat and disc-like and contains specific enzymes that carry out the functions of the Golgi.

Simply put, this is the Shipping and Receiving Department of the cell as the cell works to make proteins and other products.

Discovery

The Golgi Apparatus is an organelle found in most Eukaryotic cells. It was identified in 1897 by the Italian physician Camillio Golgi and named after him. The function of the Golgi is to make proteins for the cell. The Golgi apparatus job is to send the packages elsewhere in the cell or to the outside of the cell.

The Golgi body receives proteins and amino acids from the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) and "packages" them in vesicles and sends them out to other areas of the cell where they are needed. It is often called the "processing center" of the cell.

Answer 2

A+ Packing and sorting.