PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Cicer arietinum
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_004485812.1ERF family protein
XP_004485813.1ERF family protein
XP_004485859.1ERF family protein
XP_004485860.1ERF family protein
XP_004485926.1ERF family protein
XP_004486291.1ERF family protein
XP_004486671.1ERF family protein
XP_004486672.1ERF family protein
XP_004487298.1ERF family protein
XP_004487357.1ERF family protein
XP_004487359.1ERF family protein
XP_004487821.1ERF family protein
XP_004487930.1ERF family protein
XP_004488104.1ERF family protein
XP_004488105.1ERF family protein
XP_004488106.1ERF family protein
XP_004488747.1ERF family protein
XP_004489494.1ERF family protein
XP_004489691.1ERF family protein
XP_004489732.1ERF family protein
XP_004489775.1ERF family protein
XP_004490725.1ERF family protein
XP_004491005.1ERF family protein
XP_004491058.1ERF family protein
XP_004491090.1ERF family protein
XP_004492035.2ERF family protein
XP_004492188.1ERF family protein
XP_004492501.1ERF family protein
XP_004492940.1ERF family protein
XP_004493050.1ERF family protein
XP_004493171.1ERF family protein
XP_004493337.1ERF family protein
XP_004493523.1ERF family protein
XP_004493753.1ERF family protein
XP_004493770.1ERF family protein
XP_004493771.1ERF family protein
XP_004493869.2ERF family protein
XP_004494833.1ERF family protein
XP_004494908.1ERF family protein
XP_004495104.1ERF family protein
XP_004495105.1ERF family protein
XP_004495285.2ERF family protein
XP_004495317.1ERF family protein
XP_004495318.1ERF family protein
XP_004495455.1ERF family protein
XP_004495934.1ERF family protein
XP_004495935.1ERF family protein
XP_004496025.1ERF family protein
XP_004496081.1ERF family protein
XP_004496086.1ERF family protein
XP_004496448.1ERF family protein
XP_004496613.1ERF family protein
XP_004496614.1ERF family protein
XP_004496817.1ERF family protein
XP_004497097.1ERF family protein
XP_004497619.2ERF family protein
XP_004497766.2ERF family protein
XP_004497839.1ERF family protein
XP_004498071.1ERF family protein
XP_004498391.1ERF family protein
XP_004498466.1ERF family protein
XP_004498778.1ERF family protein
XP_004498968.1ERF family protein
XP_004498983.1ERF family protein
XP_004499041.1ERF family protein
XP_004499266.1ERF family protein
XP_004500382.1ERF family protein
XP_004500384.1ERF family protein
XP_004500566.1ERF family protein
XP_004500614.1ERF family protein
XP_004501158.1ERF family protein
XP_004501327.1ERF family protein
XP_004501409.1ERF family protein
XP_004501557.1ERF family protein
XP_004501759.1ERF family protein
XP_004502608.1ERF family protein
XP_004503061.1ERF family protein
XP_004503470.1ERF family protein
XP_004503833.1ERF family protein
XP_004503984.1ERF family protein
XP_004504059.1ERF family protein
XP_004504312.2ERF family protein
XP_004505214.1ERF family protein
XP_004505555.1ERF family protein
XP_004506390.1ERF family protein
XP_004506914.1ERF family protein
XP_004507241.1ERF family protein
XP_004508293.1ERF family protein
XP_004508497.1ERF family protein
XP_004508628.1ERF family protein
XP_004508937.1ERF family protein
XP_004508948.1ERF family protein
XP_004509207.1ERF family protein
XP_004509782.1ERF family protein
XP_004510113.1ERF family protein
XP_004510277.2ERF family protein
XP_004510292.1ERF family protein
XP_004510559.1ERF family protein
XP_004510664.1ERF family protein
XP_004510866.1ERF family protein
XP_004511477.1ERF family protein
XP_004511478.1ERF family protein
XP_004511495.1ERF family protein
XP_004511530.1ERF family protein
XP_004511603.1ERF family protein
XP_004511604.1ERF family protein
XP_004511721.1ERF family protein
XP_004511898.1ERF family protein
XP_004512200.1ERF family protein
XP_004512872.1ERF family protein
XP_004513203.1ERF family protein
XP_004513549.1ERF family protein
XP_004513889.1ERF family protein
XP_004514952.1ERF family protein
XP_004515031.1ERF family protein
XP_004515032.1ERF family protein
XP_004515033.1ERF family protein
XP_004515034.1ERF family protein
XP_004515035.1ERF family protein
XP_004515359.1ERF family protein
XP_004515377.1ERF family protein
XP_004515403.1ERF family protein
XP_004515544.1ERF family protein
XP_004515546.1ERF family protein
XP_004515794.1ERF family protein
XP_004515795.1ERF family protein
XP_004515941.1ERF family protein
XP_004516576.1ERF family protein
XP_004516587.1ERF family protein
XP_004517241.1ERF family protein
XP_012568534.1ERF family protein
XP_012569361.1ERF family protein
XP_012569551.1ERF family protein
XP_012570084.1ERF family protein
XP_012570781.1ERF family protein
XP_012570782.1ERF family protein
XP_012571594.1ERF family protein
XP_012571924.1ERF family protein
XP_012571925.1ERF family protein
XP_012573648.1ERF family protein
XP_012574014.1ERF family protein
XP_012574386.1ERF family protein
XP_012574770.1ERF family protein
XP_012575266.1ERF family protein
ERF Family Introduction

The AP2/ERF superfamily is defined by the AP2/ERF domain, which consists of about 60 to 70 amino acids and is involved in DNA binding. These three families have been defined as follows. The AP2 family proteins contain two repeated AP2/ERF domains, the ERF family proteins contain a single AP2/ERF domain, and the RAV family proteins contain a B3 domain, which is a DNA-binding domain conserved in other plant-specific transcription factors, in addition to the single AP2/ERF domain.

It has been demonstrated that the AP2/ERF proteins have important functions in the transcriptional regulation of a variety of biological processes related to growth and development, as well as various responses to environmental stimuli.

After finding the tobacco ERFs, many proteins in the ERF family were identified and implicated in many diverse functions in cellular processes, such as hormonal signal transduction, response to biotic and abiotic stresses, regulation of metabolism, and in developmental processes in various plant species.

Toshitsugu Nakano, Kaoru Suzuki, Tatsuhito Fujimura, and Hideaki Shinshi.
Genome-wide analysis of the ERF gene family in Arabidopsis and rice.
Plant Physiol, 2006. 140(2): p. 411-32.
PMID: 16407444


The first class are proteins which bind to ethylene response elements (ERE) or GCC boxes (tobacco EREBPs, Arabidopsis AtEBP and AtERF1-5, and tomato Pti4-6) found in the promoters of ethylene-inducible pathogenesis related genes. The GCC box is an 11 bp sequence (TAAGAGCCGCC) with a core GCCGCC sequence that is required for binding.
The second class includes proteins that bind to the C-repeat or dehydration response element (DRE) in the promoters of genes that are turned on in response to low temperatures and/or water deficit (CBF1, CBF2, CBF3/DREB1A and DREB2A). The C-repeat/DREs contain the core sequence CCGAC.

Nole-Wilson S, Krizek BA.
DNA binding properties of the Arabidopsis floral development protein AINTEGUMENTA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2000 Nov 1;28(21):4076-82. Erratum in: Nucleic Acids Res 2001 Mar 1;29(5):1261.
PMID: 11058102