CESA9 cellulose synthase A9 [Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: CESA9
Official Full Name: cellulose synthase A9
Primary source: TAIR:AT2G21770
Locus tag: AT2G21770
See related: Araport:AT2G21770
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype: Columbia)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Also known as: cellulose synthase A9; CESA09; F7D8.9; F7D8_9
Summary: cellulose synthase, related to CESA6.
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Chromosome 2 - NC_003071.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

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Seed-specific down-regulation of Arabidopsis CELLULOSE SYNTHASE 1 or 9 reduces seed cellulose content and differentially affects carbon partitioning.
Title: Seed-specific down-regulation of Arabidopsis CELLULOSE SYNTHASE 1 or 9 reduces seed cellulose content and differentially affects carbon partitioning.
CESA9 mutants showed depletion of secondary cell wall synthesis in the radial cell wall.
Title: CELLULOSE SYNTHASE9 serves a nonredundant role in secondary cell wall synthesis in Arabidopsis epidermal testa cells.

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NM_127746.2

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables cellulose synthase (UDP-forming) activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables cellulose synthase activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
enables glycosyltransferase activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within plant-type cell wall biogenesis	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within seed coat development	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in plasma membrane	ISM Inferred from Sequence Model more info
located_in plasma membrane	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed

NP_179768.1

cellulose synthase A9 (CESA9); FUNCTIONS IN: cellulose synthase activity, transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups; INVOLVED IN: seed coat development, plant-type cell wall biogenesis; LOCATED IN: plasma membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 18 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 8 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Cellulose synthase (InterPro:IPR005150), Zinc finger, RING-type (InterPro:IPR001841); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: cellulose synthase A2 (TAIR:AT4G39350.1); Has 3186 Blast hits to 2819 proteins in 625 species: Archae - 9; Bacteria - 1125; Metazoa - 1; Fungi - 19; Plants - 1939; Viruses - 5; Other Eukaryotes - 88 (source: NCBI BLink).

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