PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Linum usitatissimum
Nin-like Family
Species TF ID Description
Lus10001810Nin-like family protein
Lus10003199Nin-like family protein
Lus10004035Nin-like family protein
Lus10005921Nin-like family protein
Lus10008143Nin-like family protein
Lus10012257Nin-like family protein
Lus10013224Nin-like family protein
Lus10014428Nin-like family protein
Lus10014429Nin-like family protein
Lus10016018Nin-like family protein
Lus10019100Nin-like family protein
Lus10019368Nin-like family protein
Lus10022621Nin-like family protein
Lus10023049Nin-like family protein
Lus10023930Nin-like family protein
Lus10023931Nin-like family protein
Lus10030744Nin-like family protein
Lus10032423Nin-like family protein
Lus10034456Nin-like family protein
Lus10035008Nin-like family protein
Nin-like Family Introduction

Nodule inception initially relies on cell competence in a narrow infection zone located just behind the growing root tip. Older nodules then regulate the number of nodules on a root system by suppressing the development of nodule primordia. Nin (for nodule inception) is required for the formation of infection threads and the initiation of primordia. NIN protein has regional similarity to transcription factors, and the predicted DNA-binding/dimerization domain identifies and typifies a consensus motif conserved in plant proteins with a function in nitrogen-controlled development.

The nitrogen regulation of nodule organogenesis and Chlamydomonas gametogenesis together with the conserved domain embedding the RWP-RK motif of NIN and Mid indicate that this domain is involved in the regulation of genes controlled by nitrogen status. Because the conserved domain was found only in proteins from algae and higher plants, this class of regulator proteins probably evolved after the common ancestor of algae and plants diverged from the other eukaryotes.

Schauser L, Roussis A, Stiller J, Stougaard J.
A plant regulator controlling development of symbiotic root nodules
Nature. 1999 Nov 11;402(6758):191-5.
PMID: 10647012