PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Lupinus angustifolius
EIL Family
Species TF ID Description
OIW02786EIL family protein
OIW03737EIL family protein
OIW04159EIL family protein
OIW05720EIL family protein
OIW08145EIL family protein
OIW08958EIL family protein
OIW13293EIL family protein
OIW15939EIL family protein
OIW16261EIL family protein
OIW17556EIL family protein
EIL Family Introduction

The gaseous phytohormone ethylene regulates various processes related to growth, development, and stress response of higher plants. A largely linear pathway of ethylene signaling was revealed by a number of molecular genetic studies. In the pathway, Ethylene-insensitive3 (EIN3) and EIN3-like (EIL) proteins are the key transcription factors. The EIN3/EIL proteins were shown to regulate expression of the GCC-box-binding transcription factors, ethylene-response factors. It is known that the phenotype of the Arabidopsis thaliana EIN3 (AtEIN3)-deficient mutants, e.g. long seedlings in the presence of ethylene or its precursor, is suppressed by overexpression of Arabidopsis EIL1 (AtEIL1) or EIL2 (AtEIL2), indicating the functional equivalence of these proteins.

In the present study, a region corresponding to the major DBD of the EIN3/EIL transcription factor family, which is the key factor in the ethylene signaling, was identified. The isolated domain exists in a monomeric form and retained the sequence specificity for the DNA binding. The structure determined by NMR spectroscopy consists of five alpha-helices, packing into a novel fold dissimilar to known DBDs. An NMR titration analysis suggested that a region including the key mutation site, ein3-3 site, was shown to be involved in DNA binding.

Yamasaki K, Kigawa T, Inoue M, Yamasaki T, Yabuki T, Aoki M, Seki E, Matsuda T, Tomo Y, Terada T, Shirouzu M, Tanaka A, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Yokoyama S.
Solution structure of the major DNA-binding domain of Arabidopsis thaliana ethylene-insensitive3-like3.
J Mol Biol, 2005. 348(2): p. 253-64.
PMID: 15811366