PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Cucurbita maxima
AP2 Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_022965624.1AP2 family protein
XP_022968175.1AP2 family protein
XP_022970919.1AP2 family protein
XP_022972667.1AP2 family protein
XP_022972668.1AP2 family protein
XP_022973333.1AP2 family protein
XP_022973905.1AP2 family protein
XP_022976998.1AP2 family protein
XP_022977581.1AP2 family protein
XP_022977582.1AP2 family protein
XP_022977583.1AP2 family protein
XP_022978621.1AP2 family protein
XP_022979558.1AP2 family protein
XP_022982360.1AP2 family protein
XP_022982361.1AP2 family protein
XP_022983504.1AP2 family protein
XP_022983505.1AP2 family protein
XP_022983776.1AP2 family protein
XP_022983797.1AP2 family protein
XP_022984866.1AP2 family protein
XP_022985835.1AP2 family protein
XP_022986714.1AP2 family protein
XP_022986715.1AP2 family protein
XP_022986716.1AP2 family protein
XP_022986717.1AP2 family protein
XP_022988600.1AP2 family protein
XP_022991359.1AP2 family protein
XP_022991369.1AP2 family protein
XP_022991377.1AP2 family protein
XP_022991820.1AP2 family protein
XP_022991907.1AP2 family protein
XP_022995123.1AP2 family protein
XP_022995124.1AP2 family protein
XP_022995126.1AP2 family protein
XP_022997001.1AP2 family protein
XP_022997002.1AP2 family protein
XP_022998687.1AP2 family protein
XP_022998979.1AP2 family protein
XP_022999193.1AP2 family protein
XP_023002596.1AP2 family protein
XP_023002597.1AP2 family protein
XP_023003739.1AP2 family protein
XP_023003740.1AP2 family protein
XP_023003754.1AP2 family protein
XP_023003755.1AP2 family protein
XP_023003756.1AP2 family protein
XP_023003757.1AP2 family protein
XP_023004741.1AP2 family protein
XP_023004742.1AP2 family protein
XP_023004743.1AP2 family protein
XP_023005912.1AP2 family protein
XP_023006921.1AP2 family protein
XP_023007111.1AP2 family protein
XP_023007343.1AP2 family protein
XP_023007344.1AP2 family protein
AP2 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.

Genes in the AP2 family have been shown to participate in the regulation of developmental processes, e.g. flower development, spikelet meristem determinacy, leaf epidermal cell identity, and embryo development.

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


Using an in vitro selection procedure, the DNA binding specificity of the two AP2 repeat containing protein ANT was found to be 5'-gCAC(A/G)N(A/T)TcCC(a/g)ANG(c/t)-3'. This consensus site is much longer than sites recognized by proteins containing a single AP2 repeat and neither AP2 repeat of ANT was alone capable of binding to the selected sequences, suggesting that both AP2 repeats make DNA contacts.

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