Category:GO:0005794 ! Golgi apparatus

name: Golgi apparatus
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelle of the endomembrane system that further processes the core oligosaccharides (e.g. N-glycans) added to proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum and packages them into membrane-bound vesicles. The Golgi apparatus operates at the intersection of the secretory, lysosomal, and endocytic pathways." [ISBN:0198506732]
comment: Note that the Golgi apparatus can be located in various places in the cytoplasm. In plants and lower animal cells, the Golgi apparatus exists as many copies of discrete stacks dispersed throughout the cytoplasm, while the Golgi apparatus of interphase mammalian cells is a juxtanuclear, often pericentriolar reticulum, where the discrete Golgi stacks are stitched together to form a compact and interconnected ribbon, sometimes called the Golgi ribbon.
subset: goslim_agr
subset: goslim_candida
subset: goslim_chembl
subset: goslim_drosophila
subset: goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon
subset: goslim_generic
subset: goslim_mouse
subset: goslim_pir
subset: goslim_plant
subset: goslim_plant_ribbon
subset: goslim_yeast
synonym: "Golgi" BROAD []
synonym: "Golgi complex" EXACT []
synonym: "Golgi ribbon" NARROW []
xref: NIF_Subcellular:sao451912436
xref: Wikipedia:Golgi_apparatus
is_a: GO:0043231 ! intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
relationship: part_of: GO:0005737 ! cytoplasm
relationship: part_of: GO:0012505 ! endomembrane system

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0005794</GOterm>
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