Figure 6.

(a) Inhibiting tether formation resulted in a phenotype of single, free-floating cisternae reminiscent of observations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (b) An enhanced loss rate of SNAREs (r_A = 0.32/s) while keeping J_in = 0.6/s and r_B = 0.005/s fixed leads to grapelike structures of small VTC-clusters, reminiscent of observations in Drosophila melanogaster. (c) The maturation stage of the grapelike structure depends on the radial distance x from the center of mass of the structure. A maturation age of 100 corresponds to a unit that is marked for immediate disassembly, whereas a zero value indicates a newborn VTC.