COBRA-like extracellular glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein family
Curator Summary
Encodes a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein localized primarily in the plasma membrane of the longitudinal sides of root cells. Necessary for oriented cell expansion in Arabidopsis. Cob mutants have abnormal roots that expand radially rather than longitudinally under certain growth conditions.
Computational Description
COBRA (COB); FUNCTIONS IN: molecular_function unknown; INVOLVED IN: response to salt stress, multidimensional cell growth, cellulose microfibril organization; LOCATED IN: in 6 components; EXPRESSED IN: 23 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored, plant (InterPro:IPR006918), COBRA-like (InterPro:IPR017391); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: COBRA-like protein 1 precursor (TAIR:AT3G02210.1); Has 30201 Blast hits to 17322 proteins in 780 species: Archae - 12; Bacteria - 1396; Metazoa - 17338; Fungi - 3422; Plants - 5037; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 2996 (source: NCBI BLink).