PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Theobroma cacao
C3H Family
Species TF ID Description
Thecc1EG000229t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG001432t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG001432t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG001774t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG002195t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG002195t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG004558t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG005881t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG005881t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG005881t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG005895t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG005895t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG005895t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG007539t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG008158t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG009365t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG009365t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG009365t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG011094t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG014550t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG014841t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG015076t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG015076t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG015690t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG017068t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG017068t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG019357t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG020255t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG021166t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG024747t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG024747t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG024747t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG024899t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG024899t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG025260t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG025260t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG026814t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG027104t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG027104t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG027104t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG028312t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG028312t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG029192t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG029826t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG029826t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG029826t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG031427t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG033706t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG033706t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG033706t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG033706t4C3H family protein
Thecc1EG033706t5C3H family protein
Thecc1EG035217t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037243t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037639t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037639t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037639t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037639t4C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037653t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037653t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG037730t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG038030t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG038030t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG038042t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG039821t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG039821t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG039821t3C3H family protein
Thecc1EG039821t4C3H family protein
Thecc1EG039821t5C3H family protein
Thecc1EG039821t6C3H family protein
Thecc1EG040388t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG040388t2C3H family protein
Thecc1EG040701t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG041605t1C3H family protein
Thecc1EG042362t5C3H family protein
Thecc1EG042362t7C3H family protein
Thecc1EG042489t1C3H 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