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Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
CALD1
Identifiers
AliasesCALD1, CDM, H-CAD, HCAD, L-CAD, LCAD, NAG22, caldesmon 1, h-CD
External IDsOMIM: 114213; HomoloGene: 137424; GeneCards: CALD1; OMA:CALD1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
👁 Chromosome 7 (human)
Chr.Chromosome 7 (human)[1]
Band7q33Start134,744,252 bp[1]
End134,970,729 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
Bgee
HumanMouse (ortholog)
Top expressed in
  • saphenous vein

  • tail of epididymis

  • seminal vesicula

  • tendon of biceps brachii

  • urethra

  • superficial temporal artery

  • visceral pleura

  • parietal pleura

  • stromal cell of endometrium

  • right coronary artery
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BioGPS
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Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

800

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Ensembl

ENSG00000122786

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UniProt

Q05682

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_004342
NM_033138
NM_033139
NM_033140
NM_033157

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_004333
NP_149129
NP_149130
NP_149131
NP_149347

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Location (UCSC)Chr 7: 134.74 – 134.97 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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Caldesmon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALD1 gene.[3][4]

Caldesmon is a calmodulin binding protein. Like calponin, caldesmon tonically inhibits the ATPase activity of myosin in smooth muscle.

This gene encodes a calmodulin- and actin-binding protein that plays an essential role in the regulation of smooth muscle and nonmuscle contraction. The conserved domain of this protein possesses the binding activities to 👁 {\displaystyle {\text{Ca}}^{2+}}
-calmodulin, actin, tropomyosin, myosin, and phospholipids. This protein is a potent inhibitor of the actin-tropomyosin activated myosin MgATPase, and serves as a mediating factor for 👁 {\displaystyle {\text{Ca}}^{2+}}
-dependent inhibition of smooth muscle contraction. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[4]

Immunochemistry

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In diagnostic immunochemistry, caldesmon is a marker for smooth muscle differentiation.

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