I am only in 6th grade and need some help about what the Golgi Bodies do. Can someone explain this to me?
The Golgi complex is a series of membranes shaped like pancakes. The single membrane is similar to the cell membrane in that it has two layers. The membrane surrounds an area of fluid where the complex molecules (proteins, sugars, enzymes) are stored and changed. Because the Golgi complex absorbs vesicles from the rough ER, you will also find ribosomes in those pancake stacks.
The Golgi Bodies are organelles, in a cell, that is compared to a factory. The golgi bodies work hard to package and to move protein to the out side of the cell. They also process proteins from ribosomes that are located on the ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum). Golgi bodies are made of membrane bound sacs known as cisternae.
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