The Golgi apparatus, which participates in glycosylation and transport of proteins and lipids inThe secretory pathway, consists of a series of stacked cisternae (flattened membrane sacs). Interactions betweenThe Golgi and microtubules are thought to be important forThe reorganization ofThe Golgi after it fragments during mitosis. This gene encodes one ofThe golgins, a family of proteins localized toThe Golgi. This encoded protein has been postulated to play roles inThe stacking of Golgi cisternae and in vesicular transport. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, butThe full-length nature of these variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2010],