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Two pore segment channel 1 of 790 aas and 12 TMSs in a 3 + 3 (N-terminal half) + 2 + 2 + 2 (C-terminal half) TMS arrangement. In the trunk of developing zebrafish embryos, adjacent myotome blocks transmit contractile force via myoseptal junctions (MJs), dynamic structures that connect the actin cytoskeleton of skeletal muscle cells to extracellular matrix components via transmembrane protein complexes in the sarcolemma. Rice et al. 2022 reported that the endolysosomal ion channel, TPC1, generates highly localized, non-propagating Ca²⁺ transients that play a distinct and required role in the capture and attachment of superficial slow skeletal muscle cells (SMCs) at MJs. Disruption of the tpcn1 gene resulted in abnormal MJ phenotypes including SMCs detaching from or crossing the myosepta. TPC1-decorated endolysosomes are dynamically associated with MJs in a microtubule-dependent manner, and  attenuating tpcn1 expression or function disrupted endolysosomal trafficking and resulted in an abnormal distribution of beta-dystroglycan (a key transmembrane component of the dystrophin-associated protein complex). Thus, localized TPC1-generated Ca²⁺ signals facilitate essential endolysosomal trafficking and membrane contact events, which help form and maintain MJs following the onset of SMC contractile activity (Rice et al. 2022).