PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Aegilops tauschii
bZIP Family
Species TF ID Description
EMT00406bZIP family protein
EMT00528bZIP family protein
EMT00793bZIP family protein
EMT01102bZIP family protein
EMT01400bZIP family protein
EMT03076bZIP family protein
EMT03125bZIP family protein
EMT03280bZIP family protein
EMT03374bZIP family protein
EMT04162bZIP family protein
EMT04981bZIP family protein
EMT05210bZIP family protein
EMT05452bZIP family protein
EMT05721bZIP family protein
EMT06917bZIP family protein
EMT08953bZIP family protein
EMT09004bZIP family protein
EMT09034bZIP family protein
EMT09464bZIP family protein
EMT09757bZIP family protein
EMT10193bZIP family protein
EMT12541bZIP family protein
EMT13093bZIP family protein
EMT13153bZIP family protein
EMT13528bZIP family protein
EMT13602bZIP family protein
EMT13771bZIP family protein
EMT13935bZIP family protein
EMT15907bZIP family protein
EMT16057bZIP family protein
EMT16447bZIP family protein
EMT17221bZIP family protein
EMT17240bZIP family protein
EMT17248bZIP family protein
EMT17350bZIP family protein
EMT17938bZIP family protein
EMT18001bZIP family protein
EMT18233bZIP family protein
EMT18246bZIP family protein
EMT18405bZIP family protein
EMT18565bZIP family protein
EMT18702bZIP family protein
EMT18977bZIP family protein
EMT19174bZIP family protein
EMT20411bZIP family protein
EMT20520bZIP family protein
EMT21326bZIP family protein
EMT21515bZIP family protein
EMT22524bZIP family protein
EMT23729bZIP family protein
EMT24519bZIP family protein
EMT24705bZIP family protein
EMT25552bZIP family protein
EMT25969bZIP family protein
EMT25970bZIP family protein
EMT26672bZIP family protein
EMT26763bZIP family protein
EMT28127bZIP family protein
EMT28167bZIP family protein
EMT28228bZIP family protein
EMT29554bZIP family protein
EMT32713bZIP family protein
EMT32714bZIP family protein
EMT32723bZIP family protein
EMT32868bZIP family protein
bZIP Family Introduction

The bZIP domain consists of two structural features located on a contiguous alpha-helix: first, a basic region of ~ 16 amino acid residues containing a nuclear localization signal followed by an invariant N-x7-R/K motif that contacts the DNA; and, second, a heptad repeat of leucines or other bulky hydrophobic amino acids positioned exactly nine amino acids towards the C-terminus, creating an amphipathic helix. To bind DNA, two subunits adhere via interactions between the hydrophobic sides of their helices, which creates a superimposing coiled-coil structure. The ability to form homo- and heterodimers is influenced by the electrostatic attraction and repulsion of polar residues flanking the hydrophobic interaction surface of the helices.

Plant bZIP proteins preferentially bind to DNA sequences with an ACGT core. Binding specificity is regulated by flanking nucleotides. Plant bZIPs preferentially bind to the A-box (TACGTA), C-box (GACGTC) and G-box (CACGTG), but there are also examples of nonpalindromic binding sites.

Jakoby M, Weisshaar B, Droge-Laser W, Vicente-Carbajosa J, Tiedemann J, Kroj T, Parcy F
bZIP transcription factors in Arabidopsis.
Trends Plant Sci, 2002. 7(3): p. 106-11.
PMID: 11906833