Golgi Apparatus

Why wouldn't you vote for me? I'm the Golgi!

Never heard of me? I will tell you a little bit about myself..

I am a membrane-bound organelle of eukaryotic cells made of flattened, stacked pouches called sisternae. I am found in both plant and animal cells. My job is to transport, modify, and package proteins and lipids into vesicles for delivery to different places around the cell. You can find me in the cytoplasm, next to the endoplasmic reticulum, or near the nucleus.

Why am I the most important?

I am like a mailroom, processing proteins generated in the ER and transporting them to different parts of the cell
Without me, you would lose your DNA because DNA is composed of protein
I organize everything within the cell
Without me, the cell would only live for a short period.
If I did not exist, the proteins wouldn't be able to travel to other cells, causing more and more cells to die off

How do I function?

I gather simple molecules combining them to make them more complex. I take the more complex molecules and turn them into vesicles. I either store them or send them out of the cell. The vesicles are sent off the cell membrane and travels within the cell