MYOCD
myocardin | MYCD

This gene encodes a nuclear protein, which is expressed in heart, aorta, and in smooth muscle cell-containing tissues. It functions as a transcriptional co-activator of serum response factor (SRF) and modulates expression of cardiac and smooth muscle-specific SRF-target genes, and thus may play a crucial role in cardiogenesis and differentiation of the smooth muscle cell lineage. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Member of: DE-4 DE-4.30
Biological processes 50 terms
DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0140297)R-SMAD binding (GO:0070412)RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:0055007)cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:0055007)cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:0055007)cardiac muscle cell myoblast differentiation (GO:0060379)cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0060947)cardiocyte differentiation (GO:0035051)cardiocyte differentiation (GO:0035051)chromatin (GO:0000785)heart development (GO:0007507)histone acetyltransferase binding (GO:0035035)histone deacetylase binding (GO:0042826)negative regulation of amyloid-beta clearance (GO:1900222)negative regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008285)negative regulation of platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta signaling pathway (GO:2000587)negative regulation of skeletal muscle cell differentiation (GO:2001015)negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell migration (GO:1904753)negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell proliferation (GO:1904706)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:2000727)positive regulation of gene expression (GO:0010628)positive regulation of miRNA transcription (GO:1902895)positive regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051152)positive regulation of smooth muscle contraction (GO:0045987)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway (GO:0030511)protein binding (GO:0005515)regulation of muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051147)regulation of phenotypic switching (GO:1900239)regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051150)response to hypoxia (GO:0001666)smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051145)smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051145)smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051145)smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051145)transcription coactivator activity (GO:0003713)transcription coactivator activity (GO:0003713)transcription coactivator activity (GO:0003713)transcription initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling (GO:0045815)transcription initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling (GO:0045815)urinary bladder development (GO:0060157)vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0035886)
Expression (TPM)
MYOCD — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating MYOCD 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for MYOCD. 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 = MYOCD 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 MYOCD

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of MYOCD, 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
chr17:12,665,274–12,666,274 at TSS At TSS 398
chr17:12,667,378–12,667,653 1.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) 77

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the MYOCD 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.

chr17:12,655,274 – 12,677,653
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq