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Researchers explain that each step of movement relies on a rapid calcium burst within muscle cells, triggering contraction. The calcium is stored in the sarcoplasmic reticulum, whose membrane houses thousands of RyR1 channels—the largest known ion channels—each forming pores that release calcium. Proper muscle contraction requires these RyR1 channels to open simultaneously through “coupled gating,” a mechanism first described nearly three decades ago but whose details have remained unclear. The study aims to clarify how this synchronized opening is achieved.

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