Calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1

CAMTA1
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	2CXK
Identifiers
Aliases	CAMTA1, CANPMR, calmodulin binding transcription activator 1
External IDs	OMIM: 611501; MGI: 2140230; HomoloGene: 18942; GeneCards: CAMTA1; OMA:CAMTA1 - orthologs
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	151,861,876 bp
RNA expression pattern
	n/a
	Top expressed in
	ventromedial nucleus; ; superior colliculus; ; inferior colliculi; ; mammillary body; ; lateral septal nucleus; ; lateral hypothalamus; ; central gray substance of midbrain; ; dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; ; paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus; ; cerebellar cortex;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;
Cellular component	nucleus; nucleolus; cytoplasm; cytosol;
Biological process	regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; neuromuscular process controlling balance; transcription, DNA-templated; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; transcription by RNA polymerase II; positive regulation of protein dephosphorylation; positive regulation of calcineurin-NFAT signaling cascade;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	23261
	100072
	ENSG00000171735
	ENSMUSG00000014592
	Q9Y6Y1
	A2A891
	NM_001195563; NM_001242701; NM_015215
	NM_001081557; NM_001166021; NM_001195565
NP_001182492; NP_001229630; NP_056030; NP_001336537; NP_001336538;
	NP_001336539; NP_001336541; NP_001336542; NP_001336543; NP_001336544; NP_001336545; NP_001336546; NP_001336547; NP_001336548; NP_001336549; NP_001336550; NP_001336551; NP_001336552; NP_001336553; NP_001336554; NP_001336555; NP_001336556
	NP_001075026; NP_001182494
	Wikidata
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Calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CAMTA1 gene.⁴⁵

References

GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000014592 – Ensembl, May 2017
"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Bouche N, Scharlat A, Snedden W, Bouchez D, Fromm H (Jun 2002). "A novel family of calmodulin-binding transcription activators in multicellular organisms". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (24): 21851–61. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200268200. PMID 11925432. S2CID 9090244.
"Entrez Gene: CAMTA1 calmodulin binding transcription activator 1".

Further reading

Katoh M, Katoh M (2004). "Identification and characterization of FLJ10737 and CAMTA1 genes on the commonly deleted region of neuroblastoma at human chromosome 1p36.31-p36.23". International Journal of Oncology. 23 (4): 1219–24. doi:10.3892/ijo.23.4.1219. PMID 12964007.
Nakatani K, Nishioka J, Itakura T, et al. (2004). "Cell cycle-dependent transcriptional regulation of calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1 in neuroblastoma cells". Int. J. Oncol. 24 (6): 1407–12. doi:10.3892/ijo.24.6.1407 (inactive 11 July 2025). PMID 15138581.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
Barbashina V, Salazar P, Holland EC, et al. (2005). "Allelic losses at 1p36 and 19q13 in gliomas: correlation with histologic classification, definition of a 150-kb minimal deleted region on 1p36, and evaluation of CAMTA1 as a candidate tumor suppressor gene". Clinical Cancer Research. 11 (3): 1119–28. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.1119.11.3. PMID 15709179.
Henrich KO, Claas A, Praml C, et al. (2007). "Allelic variants of CAMTA1 and FLJ10737 within a commonly deleted region at 1p36 in neuroblastoma". European Journal of Cancer. 43 (3): 607–16. doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2006.09.023. PMID 17222547.
Huentelman MJ, Papassotiropoulos A, Craig DW, et al. (2007). "Calmodulin-binding transcription activator 1 (CAMTA1) alleles predispose human episodic memory performance" (PDF). Human Molecular Genetics. 16 (12): 1469–77. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddm097. PMID 17470457.

[refGRCm38Ensembl-1] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000014592 – Ensembl, May 2017

[2] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[3] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid11925432-4] Bouche N, Scharlat A, Snedden W, Bouchez D, Fromm H (Jun 2002). "A novel family of calmodulin-binding transcription activators in multicellular organisms". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (24): 21851–61. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200268200. PMID 11925432. S2CID 9090244.

[entrez-5] "Entrez Gene: CAMTA1 calmodulin binding transcription activator 1".

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