PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Daucus carota
NAC Family
Species TF ID Description
DCAR_000692NAC family protein
DCAR_000935NAC family protein
DCAR_001346NAC family protein
DCAR_001479NAC family protein
DCAR_001804NAC family protein
DCAR_001871NAC family protein
DCAR_002069NAC family protein
DCAR_002079NAC family protein
DCAR_003260NAC family protein
DCAR_003409NAC family protein
DCAR_004918NAC family protein
DCAR_005363NAC family protein
DCAR_005684NAC family protein
DCAR_006054NAC family protein
DCAR_006174NAC family protein
DCAR_006295NAC family protein
DCAR_006394NAC family protein
DCAR_006395NAC family protein
DCAR_006562NAC family protein
DCAR_007150NAC family protein
DCAR_009603NAC family protein
DCAR_009635NAC family protein
DCAR_009670NAC family protein
DCAR_009852NAC family protein
DCAR_009973NAC family protein
DCAR_009975NAC family protein
DCAR_010211NAC family protein
DCAR_010568NAC family protein
DCAR_011084NAC family protein
DCAR_011133NAC family protein
DCAR_011258NAC family protein
DCAR_011259NAC family protein
DCAR_012021NAC family protein
DCAR_012209NAC family protein
DCAR_012553NAC family protein
DCAR_012554NAC family protein
DCAR_012555NAC family protein
DCAR_012697NAC family protein
DCAR_012752NAC family protein
DCAR_013082NAC family protein
DCAR_013122NAC family protein
DCAR_013176NAC family protein
DCAR_013698NAC family protein
DCAR_013734NAC family protein
DCAR_013939NAC family protein
DCAR_014143NAC family protein
DCAR_014340NAC family protein
DCAR_014487NAC family protein
DCAR_014567NAC family protein
DCAR_014625NAC family protein
DCAR_015676NAC family protein
DCAR_015694NAC family protein
DCAR_016571NAC family protein
DCAR_016661NAC family protein
DCAR_016795NAC family protein
DCAR_016827NAC family protein
DCAR_016852NAC family protein
DCAR_016856NAC family protein
DCAR_016858NAC family protein
DCAR_017156NAC family protein
DCAR_017344NAC family protein
DCAR_017967NAC family protein
DCAR_018104NAC family protein
DCAR_019076NAC family protein
DCAR_019077NAC family protein
DCAR_019571NAC family protein
DCAR_019896NAC family protein
DCAR_019979NAC family protein
DCAR_019984NAC family protein
DCAR_020036NAC family protein
DCAR_020385NAC family protein
DCAR_020996NAC family protein
DCAR_021266NAC family protein
DCAR_021419NAC family protein
DCAR_021729NAC family protein
DCAR_021811NAC family protein
DCAR_021838NAC family protein
DCAR_022323NAC family protein
DCAR_022387NAC family protein
DCAR_022389NAC family protein
DCAR_022479NAC family protein
DCAR_022480NAC family protein
DCAR_023688NAC family protein
DCAR_023696NAC family protein
DCAR_024642NAC family protein
DCAR_025382NAC family protein
DCAR_026063NAC family protein
DCAR_026711NAC family protein
DCAR_026712NAC family protein
DCAR_027411NAC family protein
DCAR_027802NAC family protein
DCAR_028042NAC family protein
DCAR_028641NAC family protein
DCAR_030911NAC family protein
DCAR_031001NAC family protein
DCAR_032274NAC family protein
NAC Family Introduction

NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factors comprise a large protein family. Proteins of this family contain a highly conserved N-terminal DNA-binding domain and a variable C-terminal domain (Xie et al. 2000; Duval et al. 2002; Ernst et al. 2004; Olsen et al. 2005). NAC was originally derived from the names of three proteins, no apical meristem (NAM), ATAF1-2, and CUC2 (cup-shaped cotyledon), that contain a similar DNA-binding domain (Souer et al. 1996; Aida et al. 1997). The early reported NAC transcription factors are implicated in various aspects of plant development. A few examples are NAM from Petunia (Souer et al. 1996) and CUC1-2 (Aida et al. 1997) from Arabidopsis which have roles in controlling the formation of boundary cells of the meristem; NAP (Sablowski and Meyerowitz 1998) from Arabidopsis which acts as a target gene of AP3/PI and functions in the transition between cell division and cell expansion in stamens and petals; and AtNAC1 which mediates auxin signaling to promote lateral root development (Xie et al. 2000). Recently, a few NAC transcription factors were reported to play an essential role in regulating senescence, cell division, and wood formation (Ishida et al. 2000; Takada et al. 2001; Vroemen et al. 2003; Weir et al. 2004; Kubo et al. 2005; Kim et al. 2006; Zhong et al. 2006; Demura and Fukuda 2007; Ko et al. 2007; Mitsuda et al. 2007; Zhong et al. 2007).

NAM, ATAF, and CUC proteins were also found to participate in plant responses to pathogens, viral infections, and environmental stimuli (Xie et al. 1999; Ren et al. 2000; Collinge and Boller 2001; Kim et al. 2007). In Arabidopsis, three NAC genes, ANAC019, ANAC055, and ANAC072, were induced by drought, salinity, and/or low temperature (Tran et al. 2004), and the transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing these genes showed improved stress tolerance compared to the wild type (Tran et al. 2004). Furthermore, proteins of these genes can bind to a ciselement containing CATGTG motif (Tran et al. 2004).

Fang Y, You J, Xie K, Xie W, Xiong L.
Systematic sequence analysis and identification of tissue-specific or stress-responsive genes of NAC transcription factor family in rice.
Mol Genet Genomics, 2008. 280(6): p. 547-63.
PMID: 18813954