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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Mol Biol J. 2015 Nov 7;1(1):16. doi: 10.21767/2471-8084.100006

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Fragmentation of the Golgi is the hallmark of both apoptosis and cancer. The Golgi localized caspase-2 and caspase-3 mediate cleavage of several golgins and GRASPs, thus resulting in irreversible disorganization of the Golgi (left panel). Cancer-specific Golgi fragmentation (right panel) is accompanied by activation of different pathways, including (a) O-, and N-glycans sialylation, (b) overriding of Ras GTPases, (c) upregulation of anti-apoptotic protein kinases, and (d) myosin motor proteins association with Golgi.