PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Oryza sativa subsp. japonica
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
LOC_Os01g07930.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g09620.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g09620.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g14870.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g15350.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g15460.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g15460.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g15460.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g39100.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g42970.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g42970.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g45730.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g53650.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g68860.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g68860.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os01g68860.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g06584.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g06584.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g06584.4C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g10080.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g10080.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g19804.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g45480.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g45480.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g45480.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os02g58440.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os03g02160.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os03g02160.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os03g02160.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os03g18950.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os03g49170.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os03g49170.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g01480.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g02730.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g35800.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g41060.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g57010.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g57010.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os04g57600.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os05g03760.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os05g10670.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os05g41790.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os05g45020.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os05g50080.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g21390.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g21390.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g21390.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g21390.4C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g32720.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g32860.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g32860.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g41384.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g41384.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g46400.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g46890.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os06g49080.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os07g04580.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os07g04650.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os07g38090.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os07g38090.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os08g04170.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os08g06330.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os08g38370.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os09g13530.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os10g25220.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os11g28270.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os11g28270.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os11g28270.3C3H family protein
LOC_Os12g03554.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os12g18120.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os12g18120.2C3H family protein
LOC_Os12g18120.4C3H family protein
LOC_Os12g21700.1C3H family protein
LOC_Os12g33090.1C3H family protein
C3H Family Introduction

One gene isolated by virtual subtraction is PEI. It encodes a protein containing a Cys3His zinc finger domain associated with a number of animal and fungal transcription factors. In situ hybridization results showed that PEI1 is expressed throughout the embryo from globular to late cotyledon stage. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing a PEI1 antisense gene produced white seeds in which embryo development did not progress through heart stage. Aberrant embryos failed to form cotyledons, but the embryonic root appeared to be normal. Aberrant embryos did not turn green, and the expression of genes involved in photomorphogenesis was drastically attenuated. In culture, aberrant embryos did not form true leaves, but root formation was apparently normal. These results suggest that PEI1 is an embryo-specific transcription factor that plays an important role during Arabidopsis embryogenesis, functioning primarily in the apical domain of the embryo.

we used a random binding site selection method to show that recombinant PEI1 protein purified from Escherichia coli can bind to specific DNA sequences. This DNA binding activity supports the prediction that PEI1 is an embryo-specific transcription factor.

Z Li and T L Thomas.
PEI1, an embryo-specific zinc finger protein gene required for heart-stage embryo formation in Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell, 1998. 10(3): p. 383-98.
PMID: 9501112