PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Thellungiella parvula
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
Tp1g01030ERF family protein
Tp1g03180ERF family protein
Tp1g04970ERF family protein
Tp1g11200ERF family protein
Tp1g11220ERF family protein
Tp1g11460ERF family protein
Tp1g11540ERF family protein
Tp1g13690ERF family protein
Tp1g17110ERF family protein
Tp1g19450ERF family protein
Tp1g19690ERF family protein
Tp1g20300ERF family protein
Tp1g20440ERF family protein
Tp1g22740ERF family protein
Tp1g23180ERF family protein
Tp1g24350ERF family protein
Tp1g24600ERF family protein
Tp1g24610ERF family protein
Tp1g24620ERF family protein
Tp1g29080ERF family protein
Tp1g30610ERF family protein
Tp1g32340ERF family protein
Tp1g32970ERF family protein
Tp1g33690ERF family protein
Tp1g34230ERF family protein
Tp1g36010ERF family protein
Tp1g37460ERF family protein
Tp1g39740ERF family protein
Tp1g40390ERF family protein
Tp2g00350ERF family protein
Tp2g00370ERF family protein
Tp2g00490ERF family protein
Tp2g01530ERF family protein
Tp2g01540ERF family protein
Tp2g01550ERF family protein
Tp2g08290ERF family protein
Tp2g09030ERF family protein
Tp2g12020ERF family protein
Tp2g12030ERF family protein
Tp2g15130ERF family protein
Tp2g21820ERF family protein
Tp2g22160ERF family protein
Tp2g22340ERF family protein
Tp2g24800ERF family protein
Tp2g24810ERF family protein
Tp2g25080ERF family protein
Tp2g27820ERF family protein
Tp2g28210ERF family protein
Tp2g29480ERF family protein
Tp2g29660ERF family protein
Tp3g09350ERF family protein
Tp3g12520ERF family protein
Tp3g13420ERF family protein
Tp3g14650ERF family protein
Tp3g15020ERF family protein
Tp3g18340ERF family protein
Tp3g20870ERF family protein
Tp3g20880ERF family protein
Tp3g20890ERF family protein
Tp3g27500ERF family protein
Tp3g34150ERF family protein
Tp4g01260ERF family protein
Tp4g02330ERF family protein
Tp4g05630ERF family protein
Tp4g13720ERF family protein
Tp4g16050ERF family protein
Tp4g17960ERF family protein
Tp4g18750ERF family protein
Tp4g20670ERF family protein
Tp4g22560ERF family protein
Tp4g22680ERF family protein
Tp4g26940ERF family protein
Tp4g27020ERF family protein
Tp4g28350ERF family protein
Tp4g29470ERF family protein
Tp5g01780ERF family protein
Tp5g02730ERF family protein
Tp5g05010ERF family protein
Tp5g11910ERF family protein
Tp5g18120ERF family protein
Tp5g23630ERF family protein
Tp5g26300ERF family protein
Tp5g26610ERF family protein
Tp5g27450ERF family protein
Tp5g30070ERF family protein
Tp5g30620ERF family protein
Tp5g32370ERF family protein
Tp5g32800ERF family protein
Tp5g33210ERF family protein
Tp5g35190ERF family protein
Tp6g00040ERF family protein
Tp6g06270ERF family protein
Tp6g10570ERF family protein
Tp6g11930ERF family protein
Tp6g13400ERF family protein
Tp6g14240ERF family protein
Tp6g14260ERF family protein
Tp6g15440ERF family protein
Tp6g23230ERF family protein
Tp6g24610ERF family protein
Tp6g25770ERF family protein
Tp6g25870ERF family protein
Tp6g30090ERF family protein
Tp6g30660ERF family protein
Tp6g32020ERF family protein
Tp6g35290ERF family protein
Tp6g35580ERF family protein
Tp6g37420ERF family protein
Tp7g10210ERF family protein
Tp7g11330ERF family protein
Tp7g15580ERF family protein
Tp7g16660ERF family protein
Tp7g16670ERF family protein
Tp7g17370ERF family protein
Tp7g21700ERF family protein
Tp7g23510ERF family protein
Tp7g24720ERF family protein
Tp7g25910ERF family protein
Tp7g26090ERF family protein
Tp7g28940ERF family protein
Tp7g30570ERF family protein
Tp7g32190ERF family protein
Tp7g34870ERF family protein
Tp7g36120ERF 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