Apicoplast
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The apicoplast is a relict, non-photosynthetic plastid found in the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. It is proposed that it evolved via secondary endosymbiosis and is surrounded by four membranes with the outermost part of the endomembrane system.
The apicoplast is in close association with the endoplasmic reticulum and is proximal to the Golgi apparatus. Its proteins are transported via the Golgi-independent secretory pathway.
Cite: CJ Tonkin et Al June 2006
