GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0005802 - trans-Golgi network
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0005802
- Name
- trans-Golgi network
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- The network of interconnected tubular and cisternal structures located within the Golgi apparatus on the side distal to the endoplasmic reticulum, from which secretory vesicles emerge. The trans-Golgi network is important in the later stages of protein secretion where it is thought to play a key role in the sorting and targeting of secreted proteins to the correct destination.
