PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Parasponia andersonii
E2F/DP Family
Species TF ID Description
PON38557.1E2F/DP family protein
PON41479.1E2F/DP family protein
PON47592.1E2F/DP family protein
PON59399.1E2F/DP family protein
PON65403.1E2F/DP family protein
PON70076.1E2F/DP family protein
PON70744.1E2F/DP family protein
E2F/DP Family Introduction

E2F transcription factors are a family of proteins that share a related DNA-binding domain and that bind to overlapping sets of target promoters. Most E2F proteins associate with a DP protein and form heterodimeric complexes that bind to DNA in a sequence-specific manner. E2F proteins control the temporal expression of genes that are needed for multiple processes during the cell cycle. Consequently, the level of E2F-dependent transcription is important for cell proliferation.

Different types of E2F complexes either activate or repress transcription. E2F repressor complexes suppress the transcription of their targets in quiescent cells, in differentiated cells and during the G1 phase of the cell cycle. When cells enter the cell cycle and proliferate, these repressors are disrupted and/or replaced by activator forms of E2F that promote gene expression.

van den Heuvel S, Dyson NJ.
Conserved functions of the pRB and E2F families.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, 2008. 9(9): p. 713-24.
PMID: 18719710