Medical Definition of Extensin
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Glycoprotein of the plant cell wall, characterised by its high hydroxyproline content. Carbohydrate side chains are composed of simple galactose residues and oligosaccharides containing 1 to 4 arabinose residues. Part of a larger class of hydroxyproline rich glycoproteins. Function uncertain.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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