PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Cucumis melo
Trihelix Family
Species TF ID Description
MELO3C000615P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C002654P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C003604P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C005815P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C005815P2Trihelix family protein
MELO3C005815P3Trihelix family protein
MELO3C006287P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C006856P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C008343P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C009160P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C009422P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C009423P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C009440P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C010724P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C011683P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C011694P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C012365P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C012478P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C014604P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C016254P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C018722P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C020079P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C021031P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C022356P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C022356P2Trihelix family protein
MELO3C023266P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C024229P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C024327P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C024673P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C025995P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C026230P1Trihelix family protein
MELO3C026230P2Trihelix family protein
Trihelix Family Introduction

GT factors constitute a plant-specific transcription factor family with a DNA-binding domain that binds GT elements. The DNA-binding domain of GT factor, rich in basic and acidic amino acids and proline and glutamine residues, features a typical trihelix (helix-loop-helix-loop-helix) structure that determines the specific binding of GT elements; thus GT factors are also called trihelix transcription factors. GT elements are highly degenerate cis-elements with A/T-rich core sequences (Villain et al. 1996; Wang et al. 2004). Interaction between GT factors and GT elements has been implicated in the complex transcriptional regulation of many plant genes (Liu et al. 1999;Zhou 1999).

Fang Y, Xie K, Hou X, Hu H, Xiong L.
Systematic analysis of GT factor family of rice reveals a novel subfamily involved in stress responses.
Mol Genet Genomics, 2010. 283(2): p. 157-69.
PMID: 20039179