calponin

Introduction

Calponin is a thin filament-associated protein that is implicated in the regulation & modulation of smooth muscle contraction.

More general terms

• cytoskeletal protein
• Ca+2 binding protein

More specific terms

• calponin-1; calponin H1, smooth muscle; basic calponin (CNN1)
• calponin-2; calponin H2, smooth muscle; neutral calponin (CNN2)
• calponin-3; calponin, acidic isoform (CNN3)
• non-smooth-muscle-calponin