PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Parasponia andersonii
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
PON31407.1ERF family protein
PON31437.1ERF family protein
PON32045.1ERF family protein
PON32177.1ERF family protein
PON32675.1ERF family protein
PON33405.1ERF family protein
PON34139.1ERF family protein
PON34713.1ERF family protein
PON34847.1ERF family protein
PON35492.1ERF family protein
PON35689.1ERF family protein
PON36050.1ERF family protein
PON36280.1ERF family protein
PON36355.1ERF family protein
PON36497.1ERF family protein
PON37011.1ERF family protein
PON37871.1ERF family protein
PON37875.1ERF family protein
PON37985.1ERF family protein
PON38088.1ERF family protein
PON38917.1ERF family protein
PON39297.1ERF family protein
PON39390.1ERF family protein
PON39802.1ERF family protein
PON40526.1ERF family protein
PON40635.1ERF family protein
PON42488.1ERF family protein
PON42978.1ERF family protein
PON43162.1ERF family protein
PON43359.1ERF family protein
PON43670.1ERF family protein
PON44314.1ERF family protein
PON45102.1ERF family protein
PON45230.1ERF family protein
PON45981.1ERF family protein
PON47794.1ERF family protein
PON49150.1ERF family protein
PON50081.1ERF family protein
PON50937.1ERF family protein
PON51079.1ERF family protein
PON51080.1ERF family protein
PON51081.1ERF family protein
PON51642.1ERF family protein
PON52010.1ERF family protein
PON52634.1ERF family protein
PON53273.1ERF family protein
PON53274.1ERF family protein
PON53275.1ERF family protein
PON54175.1ERF family protein
PON54316.1ERF family protein
PON54793.1ERF family protein
PON55011.1ERF family protein
PON55457.1ERF family protein
PON57030.1ERF family protein
PON57510.1ERF family protein
PON57512.1ERF family protein
PON58115.1ERF family protein
PON59844.1ERF family protein
PON60851.1ERF family protein
PON60852.1ERF family protein
PON60861.1ERF family protein
PON61592.1ERF family protein
PON61960.1ERF family protein
PON62244.1ERF family protein
PON62613.1ERF family protein
PON62614.1ERF family protein
PON62615.1ERF family protein
PON62617.1ERF family protein
PON62618.1ERF family protein
PON63246.1ERF family protein
PON64124.1ERF family protein
PON64247.1ERF family protein
PON64577.1ERF family protein
PON64579.1ERF family protein
PON64581.1ERF family protein
PON64584.1ERF family protein
PON65040.1ERF family protein
PON66027.1ERF family protein
PON66029.1ERF family protein
PON67211.1ERF family protein
PON67808.1ERF family protein
PON68338.1ERF family protein
PON68339.1ERF family protein
PON69097.1ERF family protein
PON69913.1ERF family protein
PON69914.1ERF family protein
PON71430.1ERF family protein
PON72865.1ERF family protein
PON73137.1ERF family protein
PON74532.1ERF family protein
PON77925.1ERF family protein
PON77926.1ERF family protein
PON78591.1ERF family protein
PON79001.1ERF family protein
PON79105.1ERF family protein
PON79376.1ERF family protein
PON80307.1ERF 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