Protein
Expansin-like protein 8
Organism
Dictyostelium discoideum
Function
May serve to lubricate the movement of the cellulose microfibrils during cell growth and wall extension and/or may serve to maintain the fluid state of the slug cell wall.
Similarity
Belongs to the expansin family. Expansin A subfamily.
Sequence
MRISIILLSLLFLSLHSLIKADITKLSVCGSARAVPTATQNPKPTCVNVNSQGIPTAGLNSAAFDNGVRCGQCYELTGPLGKTVVMVADVCDAGSACTQSDLFNFIIPNEEFDKIGNRSDYGNIFSLCYQIVSCGYSGNVQGVFTGPSSSPNTFTYFLSVVFSNNNVAIKKVLIKGLSWPLYESLTGQNGNWKWNKNSYELQFPATLYITSNTGETITYKMNSRPITNQPIDLDFQFNPKAISSLENNECSMALLPQYIYQDGLSYGWVDSQSFNYAKFTDKSSDTKSGSGTCINAQLDGHGGVKFTREGDFQTSYLDKLSFDIKTSADSSSFAVYFGDVATKNIDPLVASTWTTVELSVKSLTNNTVEGSITFFNNQADPINIWLDNIKWTYTDDAPLDQPTMDLIEVNNKPSTTSGTGTTSSKPSSSSGGVSGGGIGSESSIYGLSSENQENQSGHHASSNTNILLPTTFVFFISITILSLLF