NCBI Accession #
NP_568930.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_125485.4
NCBI Official Full Name
COBRA-like extracellular glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein family
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
COBRA; MSL3.40; MSL3_40
NCBI Protein Information
COBRA-like extracellular glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein family
NCBI Summary
Encodes a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein localized primarily in the plasma membrane of the longitudinal sides of root cells. Necessary for oriented cell expansion in Arabidopsis. Cob mutants have abnormal roots that expand radially rather than longitudinally under certain growth conditions.
UniProt Protein Name
Protein COBRA
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Cell expansion protein
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q94KT8
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O81811; Q8LDZ4
UniProt Related Accession #
Q94KT8
UniProt Comments
Involved in determining the orientation of cell expansion, probably by playing an important role in cellulose deposition. May act by recruiting cellulose synthesizing complexes to discrete positions on the cell surface.