PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Utricularia gibba
NAC Family
Species TF ID Description
678293911NAC family protein
678294508NAC family protein
678297503NAC family protein
678299338NAC family protein
678309113NAC family protein
678309542NAC family protein
678309932NAC family protein
678311176NAC family protein
678314129NAC family protein
678318686NAC family protein
678318829NAC family protein
678320328NAC family protein
678323088NAC family protein
678323129NAC family protein
678325893NAC family protein
678328561NAC family protein
678331489NAC family protein
678334627NAC family protein
678336424NAC family protein
678339498NAC family protein
678345653NAC family protein
678347861NAC family protein
678354322NAC family protein
678355817NAC family protein
678357201NAC family protein
678358070NAC family protein
678361766NAC family protein
678363066NAC family protein
678365529NAC family protein
678368652NAC family protein
678378414NAC family protein
678385698NAC family protein
678387019NAC family protein
678387094NAC family protein
678391598NAC family protein
678391618NAC family protein
678391799NAC family protein
678398058NAC family protein
678398143NAC family protein
678399254NAC family protein
678399715NAC family protein
678400353NAC family protein
678403479NAC family protein
678404065NAC family protein
678410252NAC family protein
678411764NAC family protein
678421569NAC family protein
678421660NAC family protein
678425088NAC family protein
678425666NAC family protein
678428234NAC family protein
678430839NAC family protein
678434817NAC family protein
678435814NAC family protein
678436259NAC family protein
678442531NAC family protein
678443540NAC family protein
678447959NAC family protein
678448114NAC family protein
678451266NAC family protein
678452938NAC family protein
678453830NAC family protein
678453843NAC family protein
678454719NAC family protein
678455611NAC family protein
678456026NAC family protein
678456291NAC family protein
678460884NAC family protein
678464914NAC family protein
678465996NAC family protein
678466723NAC family protein
678467508NAC family protein
678468073NAC family protein
678469074NAC family protein
678472349NAC 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