Q. How do the Golgi apparatus act and the rough endoplasmic reticulum in the production and releasing of proteins?
The rough endoplasmic reticulum has in its outer membrane many ribosomes, structures where translation of messenger protein and RNA synthesis occur. These proteins are stored in the rough endoplasmic reticulum and later they go to the Golgi apparatus. Within the Golgi apparatus proteins are chemically transformed and when ready they are put inside vesicles that detach from the organelle. These vesicles fuse with the plasma membrane exocytosis in the right place and its content is liberated outside the cell.