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Caldesmon
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caldesmon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALD1 gene.[3][4]
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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 -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 -dependent inhibition of smooth muscle contraction. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[4]
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Immunochemistry
In diagnostic immunochemistry, caldesmon is a marker for smooth muscle differentiation.
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