PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Picea abies
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
MA_10020434g0010ERF family protein
MA_10031781g0010ERF family protein
MA_100577g0010ERF family protein
MA_10062104g0010ERF family protein
MA_10209922g0010ERF family protein
MA_10274g0010ERF family protein
MA_10343854g0010ERF family protein
MA_10370681g0010ERF family protein
MA_1037g0020ERF family protein
MA_10426586g0010ERF family protein
MA_10430231g0010ERF family protein
MA_10430769g0010ERF family protein
MA_10430850g0010ERF family protein
MA_10431706g0010ERF family protein
MA_10431882g0010ERF family protein
MA_10432800g0010ERF family protein
MA_10433094g0010ERF family protein
MA_10433310g0010ERF family protein
MA_10433425g0010ERF family protein
MA_10434101g0010ERF family protein
MA_10434101g0020ERF family protein
MA_10435354g0010ERF family protein
MA_10436654g0010ERF family protein
MA_104992g0010ERF family protein
MA_108992g0010ERF family protein
MA_113446g0010ERF family protein
MA_115348g0020ERF family protein
MA_116185g0010ERF family protein
MA_120531g0010ERF family protein
MA_12171g0010ERF family protein
MA_12547g0010ERF family protein
MA_13408g0010ERF family protein
MA_134453g0010ERF family protein
MA_15251g0010ERF family protein
MA_164803g0010ERF family protein
MA_166248g0010ERF family protein
MA_166248g0020ERF family protein
MA_16778g0010ERF family protein
MA_168025g0010ERF family protein
MA_175747g0010ERF family protein
MA_184464g0010ERF family protein
MA_18454g0020ERF family protein
MA_19532g0010ERF family protein
MA_19683g0010ERF family protein
MA_19854g0010ERF family protein
MA_19854g0020ERF family protein
MA_201698g0010ERF family protein
MA_203191g0010ERF family protein
MA_2040g0010ERF family protein
MA_20987g0010ERF family protein
MA_214063g0010ERF family protein
MA_214532g0010ERF family protein
MA_232677g0010ERF family protein
MA_2446g0010ERF family protein
MA_256188g0010ERF family protein
MA_26547g0010ERF family protein
MA_269802g0010ERF family protein
MA_288689g0010ERF family protein
MA_28894g0010ERF family protein
MA_3073g0010ERF family protein
MA_314205g0010ERF family protein
MA_32651g0010ERF family protein
MA_329325g0010ERF family protein
MA_3405g0010ERF family protein
MA_364562g0010ERF family protein
MA_367366g0010ERF family protein
MA_3758g0010ERF family protein
MA_37766g0010ERF family protein
MA_4032g0010ERF family protein
MA_40338g0010ERF family protein
MA_42369g0010ERF family protein
MA_426919g0010ERF family protein
MA_426919g0020ERF family protein
MA_436575g0010ERF family protein
MA_446533g0010ERF family protein
MA_45733g0020ERF family protein
MA_463250g0010ERF family protein
MA_4929994g0010ERF family protein
MA_493100g0010ERF family protein
MA_500288g0010ERF family protein
MA_502153g0010ERF family protein
MA_5280013g0010ERF family protein
MA_54341g0010ERF family protein
MA_55226g0020ERF family protein
MA_5629699g0010ERF family protein
MA_5730259g0010ERF family protein
MA_5979847g0010ERF family protein
MA_6305g0010ERF family protein
MA_6447416g0010ERF family protein
MA_647924g0010ERF family protein
MA_65190g0010ERF family protein
MA_65877g0010ERF family protein
MA_66442g0010ERF family protein
MA_67707g0010ERF family protein
MA_67841g0010ERF family protein
MA_69434g0020ERF family protein
MA_7166g0010ERF family protein
MA_7202656g0010ERF family protein
MA_7850076g0010ERF family protein
MA_78784g0010ERF family protein
MA_7960347g0010ERF family protein
MA_81029g0010ERF family protein
MA_81979g0010ERF family protein
MA_83118g0010ERF family protein
MA_8384767g0010ERF family protein
MA_84578g0010ERF family protein
MA_8518489g0010ERF family protein
MA_8552524g0010ERF family protein
MA_8574268g0010ERF family protein
MA_88g0020ERF family protein
MA_891091g0010ERF family protein
MA_896002g0010ERF family protein
MA_8984558g0010ERF family protein
MA_900190g0010ERF family protein
MA_904750g0010ERF family protein
MA_9160409g0010ERF family protein
MA_922309g0010ERF family protein
MA_924346g0010ERF family protein
MA_928517g0010ERF family protein
MA_9294379g0010ERF family protein
MA_9304g0020ERF family protein
MA_9321671g0010ERF family protein
MA_938274g0010ERF family protein
MA_94228g0010ERF family protein
MA_9565296g0010ERF family protein
MA_959784g0010ERF family protein
MA_96063g0020ERF family protein
MA_96512g0020ERF family protein
MA_97319g0010ERF family protein
MA_9785986g0010ERF family protein
MA_9786598g0010ERF family protein
MA_98464g0010ERF family protein
MA_9905g0010ERF 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