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The Role of the Golgi Apparatus in the Biosynthesis of Natural Polymer Systems with Particular Reference to Cellulose

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Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems

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In its accepted role as the site of glycosylation and sulfation, the Golgi apparatus is involved in the biosynthesis of most natural polymers (for reviews, see Whaley, 1975; Northcote, 1979). Synthesis occurs in the context of a directed membrane flow throughout the endomembrane system (Mom? et al, 1971; Whaley et al., 1971; Northcote, 1974) —from the nuclear envelope to the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane—and is accompanied by membrane differentiation that can be observed as changes in the thickness (Grove et al., 1968) and composition (Keenan and Morré, 1970) of the membrane (see Morré, 1977). Consequently, the Golgi apparatus is a site for the synthesis and modification of membrane as well as a site for the synthesis of sugar-containing polymers. These two functions typically occur simultaneously, as illustrated in the formation of the cell plate from Golgi-derived vesicles: the contents of the vesicles form the middle lamella of the new transverse wall, while the vesicle membrane itself becomes the new plasma membrane of the daughter cells (see Whaley, 1975).

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Romanovicz, D.K. (1982). The Role of the Golgi Apparatus in the Biosynthesis of Natural Polymer Systems with Particular Reference to Cellulose. In: Brown, R.M. (eds) Cellulose and Other Natural Polymer Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1116-4_7

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