PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Citrus sinensis
WRKY Family
Species TF ID Description
orange1.1g004963mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g004973mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g004988mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g007099mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g007546mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g008458mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g008501mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g008964mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g009051mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g009794mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g009808mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g010802mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g010903mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g011340mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g011483mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g012605mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g013055mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g013190mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g013222mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g013266mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g013573mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g014629mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g014731mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g014735mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g015394mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g015494mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g015499mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g015616mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g015978mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g016551mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g016623mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g017479mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g017677mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g017783mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g017895mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g017930mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g018215mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g018255mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g018407mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g018654mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g018659mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g019126mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g019375mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g019404mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g019737mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g020291mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g020585mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g020713mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g020831mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g021011mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g021142mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g021347mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g021515mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g021598mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g021896mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g022353mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g022760mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g023361mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g023982mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g024332mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g024825mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g024911mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g024944mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g025097mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g025175mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g025216mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g025235mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g025402mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g025759mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g026216mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g026950mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g027532mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g029257mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g030050mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g031298mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g031482mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g032690mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g033112mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g033558mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g033567mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g033576mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g033590mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g036653mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g036819mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g038951mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g040711mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g041468mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g043122mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g045032mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g045509mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g045987mWRKY family protein
orange1.1g046286mWRKY 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