PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Salvia miltiorrhiza
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
SMil_00000153-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00000289-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00000500-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00001147-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00001747-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00002042-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00002440-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00003197-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00003302-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00003958-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00004668-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00005234-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00005537-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00005972-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00006527-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00007497-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00007812-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00008214-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00008405-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00008466-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00008672-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00009239-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00009712-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00009897-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00010241-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00011705-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00011928-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00012916-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00013659-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00013678-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00013822-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00015459-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00016022-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00016650-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00017938-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00018650-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00020094-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00023032-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00024950-RA_SalvC3H family protein
SMil_00026017-RA_SalvC3H 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