NCBI Accession #
NP_196148.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_120611.3
NCBI Official Full Name
expansin A2
NCBI Official Symbol
EXPA2
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATEXP2; ATEXPA2; ATHEXP ALPHA 1.12; EXP2; EXPANSIN 2; expansin A2; K18I23.9; K18I23_9
NCBI Protein Information
expansin A2
NCBI Summary
Encodes an expansin. Naming convention from the Expansin Working Group (Kende et al, 2004. Plant Mol Bio)
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
EXP2; AtEXPA2; At-EXP2; AtEx2
UniProt Protein Name
Expansin-A2
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Alpha-expansin-2; At-EXP2; AtEx2; Ath-ExpAlpha-1.12
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q38866
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q9FLC5
UniProt Related Accession #
Q38866
UniProt Comments
Causes loosening and extension of plant cell walls by disrupting non-covalent bonding between cellulose microfibrils and matrix glucans. No enzymatic activity has been found .