extensin

English

Noun

extensin (plural extensins)

  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
    • 2009 February 5, Camille Sweeney, “It’s Cold and Your Skin Is Suffering. So What Are You Doing to Moisturize?”, in New York Times‎:
      “A few years ago, we began to study the protein extensin, a natural antifreeze found in carrots, which prevents the carrots from developing ice crystals in the ground.
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