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Caldesmon
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

Caldesmon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALD1 gene.

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 Ca 2 + {\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 Ca 2 + {\displaystyle {\text{Ca}}^{2+}} -dependent inhibition of smooth muscle contraction. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.

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Immunochemistry

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

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References

  1. Novy RE, Lin JL, Lin JJ (Oct 1991). "Characterization of cDNA clones encoding a human fibroblast caldesmon isoform and analysis of caldesmon expression in normal and transformed cells". J Biol Chem. 266 (25): 16917–24. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)55390-4. PMID 1885618. https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0021-9258%2818%2955390-4

  2. "Entrez Gene: CALD1 caldesmon 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=800

  3. "Entrez Gene: CALD1 caldesmon 1". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=800