PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Sesamum indicum
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_011071464.1C3H family protein
XP_011071465.1C3H family protein
XP_011072245.1C3H family protein
XP_011072924.1C3H family protein
XP_011072925.1C3H family protein
XP_011074773.1C3H family protein
XP_011074774.1C3H family protein
XP_011074775.1C3H family protein
XP_011075147.1C3H family protein
XP_011075220.1C3H family protein
XP_011076170.1C3H family protein
XP_011076178.1C3H family protein
XP_011076187.1C3H family protein
XP_011076248.1C3H family protein
XP_011076700.1C3H family protein
XP_011077184.1C3H family protein
XP_011077185.1C3H family protein
XP_011077186.1C3H family protein
XP_011077187.1C3H family protein
XP_011077188.1C3H family protein
XP_011078164.1C3H family protein
XP_011078165.1C3H family protein
XP_011078221.1C3H family protein
XP_011078827.1C3H family protein
XP_011078886.1C3H family protein
XP_011078936.1C3H family protein
XP_011078937.1C3H family protein
XP_011080230.1C3H family protein
XP_011081722.1C3H family protein
XP_011083138.1C3H family protein
XP_011084651.1C3H family protein
XP_011084902.1C3H family protein
XP_011085488.1C3H family protein
XP_011085489.1C3H family protein
XP_011085490.1C3H family protein
XP_011085491.1C3H family protein
XP_011087061.1C3H family protein
XP_011087508.1C3H family protein
XP_011087691.1C3H family protein
XP_011087836.1C3H family protein
XP_011088099.1C3H family protein
XP_011088543.1C3H family protein
XP_011088544.1C3H family protein
XP_011090931.1C3H family protein
XP_011092146.1C3H family protein
XP_011092155.1C3H family protein
XP_011092163.1C3H family protein
XP_011092172.1C3H family protein
XP_011092332.1C3H family protein
XP_011092340.1C3H family protein
XP_011092348.1C3H family protein
XP_011092357.1C3H family protein
XP_011093516.1C3H family protein
XP_011093518.1C3H family protein
XP_011093519.1C3H family protein
XP_011093548.1C3H family protein
XP_011093549.1C3H family protein
XP_011093656.1C3H family protein
XP_011093751.1C3H family protein
XP_011094664.1C3H family protein
XP_011096138.1C3H family protein
XP_011096339.1C3H family protein
XP_011096340.1C3H family protein
XP_011097220.1C3H family protein
XP_011098795.1C3H family protein
XP_011100111.1C3H family protein
XP_011100292.1C3H family protein
XP_011100293.1C3H family protein
XP_011100294.1C3H family protein
XP_011100356.1C3H family protein
XP_011100471.1C3H family protein
XP_011100472.1C3H family protein
XP_011101170.1C3H family protein
XP_011101707.1C3H family protein
XP_011101709.1C3H family protein
XP_011101712.1C3H family protein
XP_011101945.1C3H 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