PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Oropetium thomaeum
AP2 Family
Species TF ID Description
Oropetium_20150105_01132AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_01882AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_01917AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_02205AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_02755AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_03677AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_04202AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_05214AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_05853AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_09091AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_15160AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_15377AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_15804AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_22078AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_22477AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_23736AAP2 family protein
Oropetium_20150105_26444AAP2 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