PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Jatropha curcas
AP2 Family
Species TF ID Description
Jcr4S00070.110AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00084.150AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00199.90AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00224.30AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00270.20AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00364.80AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00613.10AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00717.90AP2 family protein
Jcr4S00938.40AP2 family protein
Jcr4S01061.10AP2 family protein
Jcr4S01265.30AP2 family protein
Jcr4S01284.80AP2 family protein
Jcr4S03855.10AP2 family protein
Jcr4S05417.20AP2 family protein
Jcr4S05484.20AP2 family protein
Jcr4S06207.10AP2 family protein
Jcr4S07197.20AP2 family protein
Jcr4S14849.10AP2 family protein
Jcr4S26551.10AP2 family protein
AP2 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.

Genes in the AP2 family have been shown to participate in the regulation of developmental processes, e.g. flower development, spikelet meristem determinacy, leaf epidermal cell identity, and embryo development.

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


Using an in vitro selection procedure, the DNA binding specificity of the two AP2 repeat containing protein ANT was found to be 5'-gCAC(A/G)N(A/T)TcCC(a/g)ANG(c/t)-3'. This consensus site is much longer than sites recognized by proteins containing a single AP2 repeat and neither AP2 repeat of ANT was alone capable of binding to the selected sequences, suggesting that both AP2 repeats make DNA contacts.

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