Encodes a protein with similarity to endo-1,4-b-glucanases and is a member of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 9. CEL2 is induced by nemotodes and is expressed in syncitia induced by Heterodera schachtii.May be involved in the development and function of syncitia.
Computational Description
cellulase 2 (CEL2); FUNCTIONS IN: cellulase activity, hydrolase activity, hydrolyzing O-glycosyl compounds; INVOLVED IN: response to nematode, pattern specification process; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system; EXPRESSED IN: 11 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 6 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Six-hairpin glycosidase (InterPro:IPR012341), Glycoside hydrolase, family 9, active site (InterPro:IPR018221), Six-hairpin glycosidase-like (InterPro:IPR008928), Glycoside hydrolase, family 9 (InterPro:IPR001701); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: glycosyl hydrolase 9B13 (TAIR:AT4G02290.1); Has 1817 Blast hits to 1800 proteins in 268 species: Archae - 2; Bacteria - 651; Metazoa - 181; Fungi - 17; Plants - 925; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 41 (source: NCBI BLink).
