How do proteins move through the Golgi complex?

The Golgi apparatus distributes the many proteins and lipids that it receives from the ER and then modifies the plasma membrane, lysosomes, and secretory vesicles. ... Proteins and lipids move through the Golgi stack in the cis-to-trans direction. read more

Over the years a number of ideas have been put forth they fall into two general models. 1. Vesicle Transport Model. read more

Some researchers have suggested that proteins do not actually move: rather, the stacks of the Golgi move like a conveyer belt as new cisterna are added to the cis-face. However, other researchers have proposed that molecules proceed from one cisterna to the next inside small vesicles. read more