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Pathway Narrative:

Insulin vesicles carry insulin towards the cell membrane where they are secreted from the cell.

Type:
Organelle
Function/Job:
Acts as a transport package to release the final products out of the cell
Interacts with:
Golgi, Insulin
Interesting Facts:

Once the insulin vesicle is formed from Golgi Apparatus, the pH inside vesicle drops and insulin monomers start arranging into dimers, hexamer and finally into a large crystal

Cell Map Scale Diagram