Fougère, Grison et al. show that the ER–Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC) in plants is a tubulo-vesicular network marked by MEMBRIN proteins that is largely Golgi-independent. The plant ERGIC matures into Golgi cisternae, in a process that depends on sphingolipids.
- Louise Fougère
- Magali Grison
- Yohann Boutté