expansin -like protein. Naming convention from the Expansin Working Group (Kende et al, 2004. Plant Mol Bio). Involved in the formation of nematode-induced syncytia in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Computational Description
expansin A20 (EXPA20); INVOLVED IN: plant-type cell wall modification involved in multidimensional cell growth, response to karrikin, syncytium formation, unidimensional cell growth, plant-type cell wall loosening; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system, extracellular region; EXPRESSED IN: 8 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 6 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Barwin-related endoglucanase (InterPro:IPR009009), Pollen allergen, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR014734), Expansin (InterPro:IPR002963), Rare lipoprotein A (InterPro:IPR005132), Expansin/Lol pI (InterPro:IPR007118), Expansin 45, endoglucanase-like (InterPro:IPR007112), Pollen allergen/expansin, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR007117); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: expansin A9 (TAIR:AT5G02260.1); Has 2080 Blast hits to 2077 proteins in 138 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 0; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 12; Plants - 2051; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 17 (source: NCBI BLink).
