PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Apostasia shenzhenica
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
PKA46132.1ERF family protein
PKA46215.1ERF family protein
PKA46683.1ERF family protein
PKA46684.1ERF family protein
PKA46762.1ERF family protein
PKA46991.1ERF family protein
PKA47073.1ERF family protein
PKA47171.1ERF family protein
PKA47553.1ERF family protein
PKA47646.1ERF family protein
PKA47746.1ERF family protein
PKA49011.1ERF family protein
PKA49407.1ERF family protein
PKA49453.1ERF family protein
PKA49464.1ERF family protein
PKA49765.1ERF family protein
PKA49884.1ERF family protein
PKA50002.1ERF family protein
PKA50297.1ERF family protein
PKA50460.1ERF family protein
PKA50583.1ERF family protein
PKA50643.1ERF family protein
PKA51011.1ERF family protein
PKA51139.1ERF family protein
PKA51394.1ERF family protein
PKA51446.1ERF family protein
PKA52541.1ERF family protein
PKA52569.1ERF family protein
PKA52730.1ERF family protein
PKA53326.1ERF family protein
PKA53329.1ERF family protein
PKA53496.1ERF family protein
PKA53663.1ERF family protein
PKA54479.1ERF family protein
PKA55157.1ERF family protein
PKA55687.1ERF family protein
PKA55911.1ERF family protein
PKA56429.1ERF family protein
PKA56603.1ERF family protein
PKA56820.1ERF family protein
PKA56864.1ERF family protein
PKA56875.1ERF family protein
PKA56944.1ERF family protein
PKA57178.1ERF family protein
PKA57411.1ERF family protein
PKA57794.1ERF family protein
PKA58065.1ERF family protein
PKA58224.1ERF family protein
PKA58462.1ERF family protein
PKA58604.1ERF family protein
PKA58970.1ERF family protein
PKA59154.1ERF family protein
PKA59197.1ERF family protein
PKA59477.1ERF family protein
PKA59578.1ERF family protein
PKA59606.1ERF family protein
PKA60088.1ERF family protein
PKA60494.1ERF family protein
PKA60837.1ERF family protein
PKA61015.1ERF family protein
PKA61103.1ERF family protein
PKA61143.1ERF family protein
PKA61144.1ERF family protein
PKA61299.1ERF family protein
PKA61514.1ERF family protein
PKA62079.1ERF family protein
PKA62257.1ERF family protein
PKA62559.1ERF family protein
PKA62705.1ERF family protein
PKA63160.1ERF family protein
PKA63386.1ERF family protein
PKA63552.1ERF family protein
PKA63584.1ERF family protein
PKA63609.1ERF family protein
PKA63767.1ERF family protein
PKA64020.1ERF family protein
PKA64021.1ERF family protein
PKA64152.1ERF family protein
PKA64207.1ERF family protein
PKA64478.1ERF family protein
PKA64645.1ERF family protein
PKA64783.1ERF family protein
PKA65119.1ERF family protein
PKA65359.1ERF family protein
PKA65525.1ERF family protein
PKA65639.1ERF family protein
PKA65667.1ERF family protein
PKA65833.1ERF family protein
PKA65975.1ERF family protein
PKA66413.1ERF family protein
PKA66440.1ERF family protein
PKA66667.1ERF family protein
PKA66672.1ERF family protein
PKA67255.1ERF 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