Tuesday, May 14, 2013

How do the golgi bodies and lysosomes work together?

The Golgi apparatus is the processing/packaging and
shipping part of the cell (like the endoplasmic reticulum).  It gets macromolecules
ready and ships them out for use in the cell or secretion (exocytosis).  The Golgi
apparatus essentially modifies (via the different stacks of cisternae) and labels things
like proteins and lipids for shipment (like a Post Office). Golgi apparatus uses sugar,
carbohydrates and phosphates to process the material before
shipping.


Lysosomes are created by the addition of
hydrolytic acid to endosomes from the Golgi apparatus.  Basically, the Golgi apparatus
receives protein enzymes from the ER, which are packaged in a vesicle in the Golgi
apparatus, processed and finally, pinched off as a Lysosome.  Lysosomes then float in
teh cytoplasm until they're needed. 


Lysosomes rely on
enzymes created in the cytosol and the endoplasmic reticulum.  Lysosomes use those
enzymes (acid hyrolases) to digest food and 'take out the garbage.'  Golgi (and the ER)
is the shipping department and lysosomes (packages or trucks) either digest the
shipments for use in the cell or they become the garbage truck.

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