CALD1
caldesmon 1 | CDM, H-CAD, L-CAD, h-CD

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+)-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+)-dependent inhibition of smooth muscle contraction. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-5 DE-5.4 Developmental clusters: GC4
Biological processes 21 terms
Expression (TPM)
CALD1 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating CALD1 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for CALD1. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = CALD1 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to CALD1

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of CALD1, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr7:134,547,422–134,548,048 232.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 442
chr7:134,646,328–134,647,406 132.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 748
chr7:134,779,110–134,780,363 68 bp At TSS Multiome 408
chr7:134,882,180–134,882,312 9.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 5
chr7:134,882,592–134,882,799 8.7 kb Proximal (<10kb) 19
chr7:134,890,877–134,892,305 111.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 673
chr7:134,899,410–134,899,751 8.0 kb Proximal (<10kb) 170
chr7:134,986,110–134,987,248 206.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1029
chr7:135,170,026–135,171,132 391.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1132

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the CALD1 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr7:134,537,422 – 135,181,132
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq