PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Citrus unshiu
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
GAY31840.1ERF family protein
GAY31903.1ERF family protein
GAY32428.1ERF family protein
GAY32430.1ERF family protein
GAY32471.1ERF family protein
GAY33253.1ERF family protein
GAY33260.1ERF family protein
GAY34045.1ERF family protein
GAY34573.1ERF family protein
GAY34579.1ERF family protein
GAY34646.1ERF family protein
GAY34647.1ERF family protein
GAY35822.1ERF family protein
GAY36010.1ERF family protein
GAY36249.1ERF family protein
GAY36729.1ERF family protein
GAY36730.1ERF family protein
GAY37622.1ERF family protein
GAY37623.1ERF family protein
GAY39238.1ERF family protein
GAY39273.1ERF family protein
GAY39561.1ERF family protein
GAY39757.1ERF family protein
GAY40065.1ERF family protein
GAY40066.1ERF family protein
GAY40067.1ERF family protein
GAY40457.1ERF family protein
GAY40507.1ERF family protein
GAY40600.1ERF family protein
GAY41004.1ERF family protein
GAY41238.1ERF family protein
GAY41240.1ERF family protein
GAY41639.1ERF family protein
GAY41756.1ERF family protein
GAY41831.1ERF family protein
GAY41832.1ERF family protein
GAY41833.1ERF family protein
GAY41834.1ERF family protein
GAY41836.1ERF family protein
GAY41837.1ERF family protein
GAY41838.1ERF family protein
GAY41867.1ERF family protein
GAY42083.1ERF family protein
GAY42291.1ERF family protein
GAY42997.1ERF family protein
GAY43574.1ERF family protein
GAY43575.1ERF family protein
GAY43602.1ERF family protein
GAY43603.1ERF family protein
GAY44303.1ERF family protein
GAY45730.1ERF family protein
GAY45830.1ERF family protein
GAY48329.1ERF family protein
GAY48330.1ERF family protein
GAY49631.1ERF family protein
GAY49705.1ERF family protein
GAY50060.1ERF family protein
GAY50300.1ERF family protein
GAY51103.1ERF family protein
GAY51385.1ERF family protein
GAY51589.1ERF family protein
GAY52401.1ERF family protein
GAY52566.1ERF family protein
GAY52567.1ERF family protein
GAY52568.1ERF family protein
GAY52752.1ERF family protein
GAY53250.1ERF family protein
GAY53255.1ERF family protein
GAY53277.1ERF family protein
GAY53278.1ERF family protein
GAY53279.1ERF family protein
GAY53280.1ERF family protein
GAY53282.1ERF family protein
GAY53285.1ERF family protein
GAY53429.1ERF family protein
GAY53707.1ERF family protein
GAY54475.1ERF family protein
GAY54794.1ERF family protein
GAY55627.1ERF family protein
GAY55628.1ERF family protein
GAY55629.1ERF family protein
GAY55685.1ERF family protein
GAY55836.1ERF family protein
GAY56661.1ERF family protein
GAY57001.1ERF family protein
GAY57180.1ERF family protein
GAY57534.1ERF family protein
GAY57941.1ERF family protein
GAY58387.1ERF family protein
GAY59014.1ERF family protein
GAY59195.1ERF family protein
GAY59522.1ERF family protein
GAY59529.1ERF family protein
GAY60265.1ERF family protein
GAY60268.1ERF family protein
GAY60341.1ERF family protein
GAY60502.1ERF family protein
GAY60537.1ERF family protein
GAY61117.1ERF family protein
GAY61192.1ERF family protein
GAY61586.1ERF family protein
GAY62565.1ERF family protein
GAY62651.1ERF family protein
GAY63044.1ERF family protein
GAY63045.1ERF family protein
GAY63046.1ERF family protein
GAY63047.1ERF family protein
GAY63088.1ERF family protein
GAY63222.1ERF family protein
GAY63862.1ERF family protein
GAY63863.1ERF family protein
GAY63864.1ERF family protein
GAY64846.1ERF family protein
GAY64961.1ERF family protein
GAY65599.1ERF family protein
GAY67876.1ERF family protein
GAY68669.1ERF family protein
GAY69348.1ERF family protein
GAY69607.1ERF 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