PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Cucumis melo
WRKY Family
Species TF ID Description
MELO3C000030P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C002202P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C002675P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C002875P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C003140P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C003622P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C005843P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C005937P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C006078P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C006081P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C006725P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C007048P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C007157P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C007409P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C007458P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C007470P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C007576P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C008175P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C009097P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C009127P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C009127P2WRKY family protein
MELO3C009127P3WRKY family protein
MELO3C009302P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C010057P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C010223P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C011295P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C011296P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C011432P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C012130P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C012635P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C012932P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C014066P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C014134P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C014305P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C014896P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C015776P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C015910P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C016281P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C016337P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C016338P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C016774P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C016774P2WRKY family protein
MELO3C016966P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C017157P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C017415P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C017743P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C017912P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C018717P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C018826P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C019494P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C019679P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C020162P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C020166P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C020489P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C020963P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C020967P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C022014P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C024135P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C024209P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C024209P2WRKY family protein
MELO3C024787P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C024787P2WRKY family protein
MELO3C025686P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C026740P1WRKY family protein
MELO3C026932P1WRKY family protein
WRKY Family Introduction

WRKY transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcriptional regulators in plants and form integral parts of signalling webs that modulate many plant processes. Here, we review recent significant progress in WRKY transcription factor research. New findings illustrate that WRKY proteins often act as repressors as well as activators, and that members of the family play roles in both the repression and de-repression of important plant processes. Furthermore, it is becoming clear that a single WRKY transcription factor might be involved in regulating several seemingly disparate processes. Mechanisms of signalling and transcriptional regulation are being dissected, uncovering WRKY protein functions via interactions with a diverse array of protein partners, including MAP kinases, MAP kinase kinases, 14-3-3 proteins, calmodulin, histone deacetylases, resistance proteins and other WRKY transcription factors. WRKY genes exhibit extensive autoregulation and cross-regulation that facilitates transcriptional reprogramming in a dynamic web with built-in redundancy.

The defining feature of WRKY transcription factors is their DNA binding domain. This is called the WRKY domain after the almost invariant WRKY amino acid sequence at the N-terminus. In a few WRKY proteins, the WRKY amino acid sequences have been replaced by WRRY, WSKY, WKRY, WVKY or WKKY. The WRKY domain is about 60 residues in length, and as well as containing the WRKY signature it also has an atypical zinc-finger structure at the C-terminus. The zinc-finger structure is either Cx4-5Cx22-23HxH or Cx7Cx23HxC. Initially, in the absence of a complete gene family from any plant species, the WRKY transcription factors were divided into three groups based on the number of WRKY domains (two domains in Group I proteins and one in the others) and the structure of their zinc fingers (C2HC in Group III proteins).

Rushton PJ, Somssich IE, Ringler P, Shen QJ.
WRKY transcription factors.
Trends Plant Sci, 2010. 15(5): p. 247-58.
PMID: 20304701