Description : (at2g40610 : 416.0) member of Alpha-Expansin Gene Family. 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.; expansin A8 (EXPA8); 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: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 10 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Pollen allergen, N-terminal (InterPro:IPR014734), Rare lipoprotein A (InterPro:IPR005132), Pollen allergen/expansin, C-terminal (InterPro:IPR007117), Barwin-related endoglucanase (InterPro:IPR009009), Expansin (InterPro:IPR002963), Expansin/Lol pI (InterPro:IPR007118), Expansin 45, endoglucanase-like (InterPro:IPR007112); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: expansin A2 (TAIR:AT5G05290.1); Has 2297 Blast hits to 2294 proteins in 186 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 19; Metazoa - 0; Fungi - 45; Plants - 2187; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 46 (source: NCBI BLink). & (q40636|expa2_orysa : 385.0) Expansin-A2 precursor (OsEXPA2) (Alpha-expansin-2) (OsEXP2) (OsaEXPa1.23) (RiExB) (RiExC) - Oryza sativa (Rice) & (reliability: 832.0) & (original description: no original description)
Condition specificity: 3 h after light (SPM: 0.61, entropy: 2.25, tau: 0.55)