NCBI Accession #
NP_181593.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_129623.3
NCBI Official Full Name
expansin A8
NCBI Official Symbol
EXPA8
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ATEXP8; ATEXPA8; ATHEXP ALPHA 1.11; EXP8; expansin A8; T2P4.4; T2P4_4
NCBI Protein Information
expansin A8
NCBI Summary
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.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
EXP8; AtEXPA8; At-EXP8; AtEx8
UniProt Protein Name
Expansin-A8
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Alpha-expansin-8; At-EXP8; AtEx8; Ath-ExpAlpha-1.11
UniProt Primary Accession #
O22874
UniProt Related Accession #
O22874
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 .