syt1 (IMAGE)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

syt1

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The neural protein syt1 (left) grabs onto calcium (orange), triggering the release of chemicals that carry information between cells. Mutations in syt1 made it less responsive to calcium, researchers discovered.

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Bradberry et al./Neuron 2020

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