PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Eutrema salsugineum
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
Thhalv10000302mERF family protein
Thhalv10000354mERF family protein
Thhalv10000556mERF family protein
Thhalv10000931mERF family protein
Thhalv10001003mERF family protein
Thhalv10001561mERF family protein
Thhalv10001758mERF family protein
Thhalv10001792mERF family protein
Thhalv10002185mERF family protein
Thhalv10003355mERF family protein
Thhalv10003431mERF family protein
Thhalv10003485mERF family protein
Thhalv10004333mERF family protein
Thhalv10004526mERF family protein
Thhalv10004870mERF family protein
Thhalv10004973mERF family protein
Thhalv10004985mERF family protein
Thhalv10005285mERF family protein
Thhalv10005326mERF family protein
Thhalv10005416mERF family protein
Thhalv10005514mERF family protein
Thhalv10005566mERF family protein
Thhalv10005619mERF family protein
Thhalv10006118mERF family protein
Thhalv10006200mERF family protein
Thhalv10006489mERF family protein
Thhalv10008321mERF family protein
Thhalv10008326mERF family protein
Thhalv10008518mERF family protein
Thhalv10008615mERF family protein
Thhalv10008639mERF family protein
Thhalv10008830mERF family protein
Thhalv10008845mERF family protein
Thhalv10008928mERF family protein
Thhalv10009328mERF family protein
Thhalv10009402mERF family protein
Thhalv10009418mERF family protein
Thhalv10009619mERF family protein
Thhalv10009647mERF family protein
Thhalv10009659mERF family protein
Thhalv10009812mERF family protein
Thhalv10009842mERF family protein
Thhalv10009947mERF family protein
Thhalv10009978mERF family protein
Thhalv10010002mERF family protein
Thhalv10011603mERF family protein
Thhalv10011604mERF family protein
Thhalv10011606mERF family protein
Thhalv10011689mERF family protein
Thhalv10011778mERF family protein
Thhalv10011796mERF family protein
Thhalv10012016mERF family protein
Thhalv10013898mERF family protein
Thhalv10014022mERF family protein
Thhalv10014566mERF family protein
Thhalv10014575mERF family protein
Thhalv10014579mERF family protein
Thhalv10014591mERF family protein
Thhalv10014666mERF family protein
Thhalv10015252mERF family protein
Thhalv10015363mERF family protein
Thhalv10015465mERF family protein
Thhalv10015583mERF family protein
Thhalv10015715mERF family protein
Thhalv10015796mERF family protein
Thhalv10015895mERF family protein
Thhalv10015907mERF family protein
Thhalv10016913mERF family protein
Thhalv10017149mERF family protein
Thhalv10017235mERF family protein
Thhalv10017258mERF family protein
Thhalv10017537mERF family protein
Thhalv10017614mERF family protein
Thhalv10017658mERF family protein
Thhalv10018771mERF family protein
Thhalv10018945mERF family protein
Thhalv10019045mERF family protein
Thhalv10019064mERF family protein
Thhalv10019142mERF family protein
Thhalv10019247mERF family protein
Thhalv10019474mERF family protein
Thhalv10019510mERF family protein
Thhalv10019652mERF family protein
Thhalv10019659mERF family protein
Thhalv10019722mERF family protein
Thhalv10020945mERF family protein
Thhalv10020947mERF family protein
Thhalv10021161mERF family protein
Thhalv10021393mERF family protein
Thhalv10021421mERF family protein
Thhalv10021456mERF family protein
Thhalv10022108mERF family protein
Thhalv10022200mERF family protein
Thhalv10022278mERF family protein
Thhalv10022374mERF family protein
Thhalv10023588mERF family protein
Thhalv10023678mERF family protein
Thhalv10023865mERF family protein
Thhalv10023946mERF family protein
Thhalv10025587mERF family protein
Thhalv10025693mERF family protein
Thhalv10025862mERF family protein
Thhalv10025958mERF family protein
Thhalv10026204mERF family protein
Thhalv10026242mERF family protein
Thhalv10026276mERF family protein
Thhalv10026288mERF family protein
Thhalv10026328mERF family protein
Thhalv10026857mERF family protein
Thhalv10027189mERF family protein
Thhalv10027401mERF family protein
Thhalv10027405mERF family protein
Thhalv10027524mERF family protein
Thhalv10027536mERF family protein
Thhalv10027543mERF family protein
Thhalv10029052mERF family protein
Thhalv10029132mERF family protein
Thhalv10029212mERF 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