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    EXPA4 expansin A4 [ Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) ]

    Gene ID: 818553, updated on 18-Sep-2024

    Summary

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    Official Symbol
    EXPA4
    Official Full Name
    expansin A4
    Primary source
    TAIR:AT2G39700
    Locus tag
    AT2G39700
    See related
    Araport:AT2G39700
    Gene type
    protein coding
    RefSeq status
    REVIEWED
    Organism
    Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
    Lineage
    Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
    Also known as
    ATEXP4; ATEXPA4; ATHEXP ALPHA 1.6; expansin A4; F17A14.7; F17A14_7
    Summary
    putative expansin. 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.
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    Genomic context

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    See EXPA4 in Genome Data Viewer
    Location:
    chromosome: 2
    Exon count:
    3
    Sequence:
    Chromosome: 2; NC_003071.7 (16543832..16545746, complement)

    Chromosome 2 - NC_003071.7Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ternary complex factor MIP1 leucine-zipper protein (Protein of unknown function, DUF547) Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene ncRNA

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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    Genomic Sequence:
    NC_003071.7

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    Bibliography

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    Related articles in PubMed

    1. Growth modulation effects of CBM2a under the control of AtEXP4 and CaMV35S promoters in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana tabacum and Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Keadtidumrongkul P, et al. Transgenic Res, 2017 Aug. PMID 28349287
    2. Two Expansin Genes, AtEXPA4 and AtEXPB5, Are Redundantly Required for Pollen Tube Growth and AtEXPA4 Is Involved in Primary Root Elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Liu W, et al. Genes (Basel), 2021 Feb 10. PMID 33578704, Free PMC Article
    3. Expansins are involved in the formation of nematode-induced syncytia in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. Wieczorek K, et al. Plant J, 2006 Oct. PMID 16942607
    4. Expansins: ever-expanding numbers and functions. Lee Y, et al. Curr Opin Plant Biol, 2001 Dec. PMID 11641069
    5. Arabidopsis cell wall proteome defined using multidimensional protein identification technology. Bayer EM, et al. Proteomics, 2006 Jan. PMID 16287169

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    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    What's a GeneRIF?
    1. Two Expansin Genes, AtEXPA4 and AtEXPB5, Are Redundantly Required for Pollen Tube Growth and AtEXPA4 Is Involved in Primary Root Elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
      Title: Two Expansin Genes, AtEXPA4 and AtEXPB5, Are Redundantly Required for Pollen Tube Growth and AtEXPA4 Is Involved in Primary Root Elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    2. use of tissue-specific promoters, especially those involved in meristematic tissues, such as AtEXP4 could be beneficial for enhancement of growth and productivity in biomass and bioenergy crops such as Eucalyptus. [AtEXP4]
      Title: Growth modulation effects of CBM2a under the control of AtEXP4 and CaMV35S promoters in Arabidopsis thaliana, Nicotiana tabacum and Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
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    General gene information

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    Homology

    NM_129526.3

    Gene Ontology Provided by TAIR

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables molecular_function ND
    No biological Data available
    more info
    		  
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    acts_upstream_of_or_within plant-type cell wall loosening NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in plant-type cell wall organization IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    acts_upstream_of_or_within syncytium formation IEP
    Inferred from Expression Pattern
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    acts_upstream_of_or_within unidimensional cell growth NAS
    Non-traceable Author Statement
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in extracellular region ISM
    Inferred from Sequence Model
    more info
    		  
    located_in plant-type cell wall HDA PubMed 
    located_in plasmodesma HDA PubMed 

    General protein information

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    Preferred Names
    expansin A4
    NP_181500.1
    • expansin A4 (EXPA4); 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 A16 (TAIR:AT3G55500.1); Has 2158 Blast hits to 2155 proteins in 155 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 2; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 41; Plants - 2085; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 30 (source: NCBI BLink).

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    Genome Annotation

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    Reference assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_003071.7 Reference assembly

      Range
      16543832..16545746 complement
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NM_129526.3 → NP_181500.1  expansin A4 [Arabidopsis thaliana]

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_181500.1

      Status: REVIEWED

      UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
      O48818, P80837, Q8LDZ1
      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A178VRH0, A0A5S9X5H7
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      PLN00050
      Location:28 → 255
      PLN00050; expansin A; Provisional
    Nucleotide Protein
    Heading Accession and Version
    Protein Accession Links
    GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
    O48818.1

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