NEETBotanyCell - The Unit of Life
Read the following statements regarding the Golgi apparatus and choose the incorrect statement.
Options
- AThe Golgi apparatus consists of many flat, disc-shaped sacs or cisternae of 0.5 m to 1.0 m diameter.
- BMaterials to be packaged in the form of vesicles fuse with the trans face of the Golgi apparatus and move towa
- CThe cis and the trans faces of the organelle are entirely different, but are interconnected.
- DThe Golgi apparatus is the important site of formation of glycoproteins and glycolipids.
Correct answer
B. Materials to be packaged in the form of vesicles fuse with the trans face of the Golgi apparatus and move towa
Step-by-step solution
The Golgi apparatus consists of flat, disc-shaped sacs called cisternae, which are 0.5 m to 1.0 m in diameter. The organelle is distinctly polarised, with a convex cis (forming) face and a concave trans (maturing) face. These faces are entirely different but interconnected. Materials to be packaged in the form of vesicles from the ER fuse with the cis face of the Golgi apparatus and move towards the maturing (trans) face. Therefore, the statement claiming that vesicles fuse with the trans face and move towards the