An organelle that pinches off portions of its membrane to form a transport vesicle is the
A) mitochondrion.
B) chloroplast.
C) nucleolus.
D) Golgi body.
E) peroxisome.

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The Golgi body is responsible for sorting and packaging proteins and lipids into transport vesicles that can be sent to different parts of the cell or even out of the cell. This is done by pinching off portions of its own membrane to form the vesicles. The other organelles listed do not perform this specific function.

An Organelle That Pinches Off Portions of Its Membrane to Form