PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Ocimum tenuiflorum
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
Ote100001960071ERF family protein
Ote100007570061ERF family protein
Ote100013660001ERF family protein
Ote100018040011ERF family protein
Ote100032740031ERF family protein
Ote100033630021ERF family protein
Ote100040700161ERF family protein
Ote100051510041ERF family protein
Ote100059540021ERF family protein
Ote100066380011ERF family protein
Ote100069560001ERF family protein
Ote100076790011ERF family protein
Ote100079570011ERF family protein
Ote100082080001ERF family protein
Ote100083560091ERF family protein
Ote100088040011ERF family protein
Ote100089430011ERF family protein
Ote100090230021ERF family protein
Ote100092660031ERF family protein
Ote100101040001ERF family protein
Ote100106560021ERF family protein
Ote100109240041ERF family protein
Ote100111560021ERF family protein
Ote100112110011ERF family protein
Ote100114490031ERF family protein
Ote100116100001ERF family protein
Ote100120300111ERF family protein
Ote100124380051ERF family protein
Ote100128810001ERF family protein
Ote100135820011ERF family protein
Ote100140730031ERF family protein
Ote100141300101ERF family protein
Ote100151670001ERF family protein
Ote100162500061ERF family protein
Ote100168150001ERF family protein
Ote100168420001ERF family protein
Ote100168540061ERF family protein
Ote100184060001ERF family protein
Ote100184270071ERF family protein
Ote100185870181ERF family protein
Ote100189490001ERF family protein
Ote100196490051ERF family protein
Ote100196600001ERF family protein
Ote100199310001ERF family protein
Ote100200720121ERF family protein
Ote100201440011ERF family protein
Ote100202560111ERF family protein
Ote100225250081ERF family protein
Ote100226020001ERF family protein
Ote100235580021ERF family protein
Ote100237410021ERF family protein
Ote100244980091ERF family protein
Ote100246190061ERF family protein
Ote100246210141ERF family protein
Ote100247940011ERF family protein
Ote100249960001ERF family protein
Ote100252090061ERF family protein
Ote100252980051ERF family protein
Ote100255780071ERF family protein
Ote100256600001ERF family protein
Ote100257810051ERF family protein
Ote100261230001ERF family protein
Ote100262490021ERF family protein
Ote100268130001ERF family protein
Ote100271160031ERF family protein
Ote237440670001ERF family protein
Ote237870830001ERF 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