Category:GO:0010409 ! extensin metabolic process

name: extensin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving extensins, a group of 60-90 kDNA hydroxyproline (Hyp)-rich glycoproteins whose polypeptide backbone consists of many repeats of structural Ser(Hyp)4-6 motifs, with heavily glycosylated 1-4 arabinose residues O-linked to contiguous stretches of Hyp residues, with most of the Ser residues being O-galactosylated." [GOC:tair_curators]
synonym: "extensin metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0010404 ! cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0010409</GOterm>
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