EXPA16 expansin A16 [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: EXPA16
Official Full Name: expansin A16
Primary source: TAIR:AT3G55500
Locus tag: AT3G55500
See related: Araport:AT3G55500
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: ATEXP16; ATEXPA16; ATHEXP ALPHA 1.7; EXP16; EXPANSIN 16; expansin A16
Summary: 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.
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NM_115407.4

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

NP_191109.1

expansin A16 (EXPA16); INVOLVED IN: plant-type cell wall modification involved in multidimensional cell growth, syncytium formation, unidimensional cell growth, plant-type cell wall loosening; LOCATED IN: endomembrane system, extracellular region; EXPRESSED IN: 19 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 10 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 A4 (TAIR:AT2G39700.1); Has 2167 Blast hits to 2164 proteins in 159 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 6; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 38; Plants - 2087; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 36 (source: NCBI BLink).