In Fig. 1.1, A labels the stack of flattened membrane sacs that chemically modifies and packages the proteins made by the cell. Name this organelle.

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Golgi apparatus

Also accepted: Golgi body, Golgi complex, Golgi, dictyosome

Explanation: Vesicles from the endoplasmic reticulum fuse with one face of the stack, and finished vesicles bud from the other. Sugars are added to proteins there, forming glycoproteins, before the product is exported from the cell.

Derived from ZIMSEC Biology Paper 2, Nov 2024, Q1

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In Fig. 1.1, A labels the stack of flattened membrane sacs that chemically modifies and packages the proteins made by the cell. Name this organelle.

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