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All ten putative Ca2+ ligand residues in synaptotagmin 1’s C2A and C2B domains are crucial for evoked synchronous glutamate release, overturning prior ideas about C2A dispensability.
- Why it matters: The field lacks functional proof for which acidic residues in SYT1’s C2 domains actually bind Ca2+ and control excitation–secretion coupling during rapid neurotransmitter release.
- What they did: The study mutated each of the ten putative ligands and compared Ca2+ binding with evoked glutamate release, then added two dominant-negative human mutations and solved four new crystal structures.
- The result: Ca2+ binding to C2B is essential for synchronization, the two C2B ligand–matching human mutations act dominant-negative, and the structures show how neutralizing substitutions differentially reshape SYT1 and its function.
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