PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Chenopodium quinoa
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
AUR62000056-RAERF family protein
AUR62000213-RAERF family protein
AUR62000214-RAERF family protein
AUR62000280-RAERF family protein
AUR62001134-RAERF family protein
AUR62001420-RAERF family protein
AUR62001898-RAERF family protein
AUR62001935-RAERF family protein
AUR62001936-RAERF family protein
AUR62002024-RAERF family protein
AUR62002113-RAERF family protein
AUR62002114-RAERF family protein
AUR62002115-RAERF family protein
AUR62003776-RAERF family protein
AUR62003875-RAERF family protein
AUR62003876-RAERF family protein
AUR62003913-RAERF family protein
AUR62004131-RAERF family protein
AUR62004449-RAERF family protein
AUR62004723-RAERF family protein
AUR62005466-RAERF family protein
AUR62005714-RAERF family protein
AUR62005890-RAERF family protein
AUR62006559-RAERF family protein
AUR62007132-RAERF family protein
AUR62007133-RAERF family protein
AUR62008711-RAERF family protein
AUR62009286-RAERF family protein
AUR62009806-RAERF family protein
AUR62009807-RAERF family protein
AUR62009950-RAERF family protein
AUR62010657-RAERF family protein
AUR62010658-RAERF family protein
AUR62010799-RAERF family protein
AUR62010831-RAERF family protein
AUR62010924-RAERF family protein
AUR62011135-RAERF family protein
AUR62011451-RAERF family protein
AUR62011530-RAERF family protein
AUR62011878-RAERF family protein
AUR62012312-RAERF family protein
AUR62012386-RAERF family protein
AUR62012456-RAERF family protein
AUR62013352-RAERF family protein
AUR62014452-RAERF family protein
AUR62014855-RAERF family protein
AUR62014911-RAERF family protein
AUR62014912-RAERF family protein
AUR62015256-RAERF family protein
AUR62015277-RAERF family protein
AUR62015871-RAERF family protein
AUR62016036-RAERF family protein
AUR62016128-RAERF family protein
AUR62016352-RAERF family protein
AUR62016545-RAERF family protein
AUR62016606-RAERF family protein
AUR62017052-RAERF family protein
AUR62017296-RAERF family protein
AUR62017297-RAERF family protein
AUR62017475-RAERF family protein
AUR62017943-RAERF family protein
AUR62018057-RAERF family protein
AUR62018592-RAERF family protein
AUR62018873-RAERF family protein
AUR62018879-RAERF family protein
AUR62018880-RAERF family protein
AUR62018918-RAERF family protein
AUR62019471-RAERF family protein
AUR62019798-RAERF family protein
AUR62019829-RAERF family protein
AUR62019980-RAERF family protein
AUR62020352-RAERF family protein
AUR62020826-RAERF family protein
AUR62021049-RAERF family protein
AUR62021242-RAERF family protein
AUR62021306-RAERF family protein
AUR62021436-RAERF family protein
AUR62022914-RAERF family protein
AUR62022952-RAERF family protein
AUR62023448-RAERF family protein
AUR62023501-RAERF family protein
AUR62023642-RAERF family protein
AUR62024403-RAERF family protein
AUR62024721-RAERF family protein
AUR62024722-RAERF family protein
AUR62025378-RAERF family protein
AUR62025525-RAERF family protein
AUR62025997-RAERF family protein
AUR62027727-RAERF family protein
AUR62028234-RAERF family protein
AUR62028235-RAERF family protein
AUR62028236-RAERF family protein
AUR62028373-RAERF family protein
AUR62030531-RAERF family protein
AUR62030532-RAERF family protein
AUR62030763-RAERF family protein
AUR62030764-RAERF family protein
AUR62031116-RAERF family protein
AUR62031117-RAERF family protein
AUR62031484-RAERF family protein
AUR62031516-RAERF family protein
AUR62031580-RAERF family protein
AUR62032219-RAERF family protein
AUR62032725-RAERF family protein
AUR62032882-RAERF family protein
AUR62033225-RAERF family protein
AUR62034343-RAERF family protein
AUR62034546-RAERF family protein
AUR62035238-RAERF family protein
AUR62036162-RAERF family protein
AUR62037338-RAERF family protein
AUR62038119-RAERF family protein
AUR62038727-RAERF family protein
AUR62039694-RAERF family protein
AUR62040582-RAERF family protein
AUR62040909-RAERF family protein
AUR62041401-RAERF family protein
AUR62041705-RAERF family protein
AUR62042011-RAERF family protein
AUR62042857-RAERF family protein
AUR62043347-RAERF family protein
AUR62043487-RAERF family protein
AUR62044004-RAERF 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