InterPro domain: IPR010713

This entry represents the C terminus (approximately 60 residues) of plant xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase (XET). Xyloglucan is the predominant hemicellulose in the cell walls of most dicotyledons. With cellulose, it forms a network that strengthens the cell wall. XET catalyses the splitting of xyloglucan chains and the linking of the newly generated reducing end to the non-reducing end of another xyloglucan chain, thereby loosening the cell wall [ 1 ].

1. Biochemical and molecular characterisation of xyloglucan endotransglycosylase from ripe kiwifruit. Planta 204, 242-51