The Golgi apparatus

Subcellular coordination of plant cell wall synthesis

“…Plant cells contain numerous, independent, and highly mobile Golgi stacks that travel throughout the cytoplasm on actin filaments (Boevink et al, 1998) (Figure 2). Plant Golgi share many similarities with animal Golgi, including a distinct cis-to-trans polar distribution of enzymes, cargo, and lipids, as well as a pH gradient across the cisternae (Davis et al, 2016a). The plant Golgi apparatus plays a critical role in cell wall biosynthesis, as it is the location for production of cell wall matrix polysaccharides, modification of protein glycosylation, and assembly/trafficking of CSCs.…”