PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Spirodela polyrhiza
NAC Family
Species TF ID Description
Spipo0G0001900NAC family protein
Spipo0G0041200NAC family protein
Spipo0G0050200NAC family protein
Spipo0G0053000NAC family protein
Spipo0G0076300NAC family protein
Spipo0G0077100NAC family protein
Spipo0G0088700NAC family protein
Spipo0G0092800NAC family protein
Spipo0G0093000NAC family protein
Spipo0G0110800NAC family protein
Spipo0G0112300NAC family protein
Spipo0G0121600NAC family protein
Spipo0G0143900NAC family protein
Spipo0G0178900NAC family protein
Spipo10G0006800NAC family protein
Spipo11G0033100NAC family protein
Spipo12G0038900NAC family protein
Spipo13G0017600NAC family protein
Spipo15G0028000NAC family protein
Spipo16G0014100NAC family protein
Spipo16G0026900NAC family protein
Spipo16G0041700NAC family protein
Spipo17G0034500NAC family protein
Spipo18G0015200NAC family protein
Spipo19G0010900NAC family protein
Spipo1G0005000NAC family protein
Spipo1G0019700NAC family protein
Spipo1G0052000NAC family protein
Spipo1G0060200NAC family protein
Spipo1G0075800NAC family protein
Spipo1G0075900NAC family protein
Spipo1G0084400NAC family protein
Spipo1G0086600NAC family protein
Spipo21G0033300NAC family protein
Spipo26G0017600NAC family protein
Spipo26G0023400NAC family protein
Spipo26G0024500NAC family protein
Spipo29G0009700NAC family protein
Spipo2G0100300NAC family protein
Spipo31G0012500NAC family protein
Spipo3G0013100NAC family protein
Spipo4G0040200NAC family protein
Spipo4G0059400NAC family protein
Spipo4G0096100NAC family protein
Spipo4G0100200NAC family protein
Spipo4G0115700NAC family protein
Spipo5G0062400NAC family protein
Spipo6G0056600NAC family protein
Spipo6G0056800NAC family protein
Spipo7G0000300NAC family protein
Spipo7G0048800NAC family protein
Spipo8G0047200NAC family protein
Spipo9G0044300NAC family protein
Spipo9G0049100NAC family protein
Spipo9G0050100NAC family protein
NAC Family Introduction

NAM, ATAF, and CUC (NAC) transcription factors comprise a large protein family. Proteins of this family contain a highly conserved N-terminal DNA-binding domain and a variable C-terminal domain (Xie et al. 2000; Duval et al. 2002; Ernst et al. 2004; Olsen et al. 2005). NAC was originally derived from the names of three proteins, no apical meristem (NAM), ATAF1-2, and CUC2 (cup-shaped cotyledon), that contain a similar DNA-binding domain (Souer et al. 1996; Aida et al. 1997). The early reported NAC transcription factors are implicated in various aspects of plant development. A few examples are NAM from Petunia (Souer et al. 1996) and CUC1-2 (Aida et al. 1997) from Arabidopsis which have roles in controlling the formation of boundary cells of the meristem; NAP (Sablowski and Meyerowitz 1998) from Arabidopsis which acts as a target gene of AP3/PI and functions in the transition between cell division and cell expansion in stamens and petals; and AtNAC1 which mediates auxin signaling to promote lateral root development (Xie et al. 2000). Recently, a few NAC transcription factors were reported to play an essential role in regulating senescence, cell division, and wood formation (Ishida et al. 2000; Takada et al. 2001; Vroemen et al. 2003; Weir et al. 2004; Kubo et al. 2005; Kim et al. 2006; Zhong et al. 2006; Demura and Fukuda 2007; Ko et al. 2007; Mitsuda et al. 2007; Zhong et al. 2007).

NAM, ATAF, and CUC proteins were also found to participate in plant responses to pathogens, viral infections, and environmental stimuli (Xie et al. 1999; Ren et al. 2000; Collinge and Boller 2001; Kim et al. 2007). In Arabidopsis, three NAC genes, ANAC019, ANAC055, and ANAC072, were induced by drought, salinity, and/or low temperature (Tran et al. 2004), and the transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing these genes showed improved stress tolerance compared to the wild type (Tran et al. 2004). Furthermore, proteins of these genes can bind to a ciselement containing CATGTG motif (Tran et al. 2004).

Fang Y, You J, Xie K, Xie W, Xiong L.
Systematic sequence analysis and identification of tissue-specific or stress-responsive genes of NAC transcription factor family in rice.
Mol Genet Genomics, 2008. 280(6): p. 547-63.
PMID: 18813954