PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Punica granatum
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
OWM63090.1ERF family protein
OWM63981.1ERF family protein
OWM64180.1ERF family protein
OWM64558.1ERF family protein
OWM64860.1ERF family protein
OWM64861.1ERF family protein
OWM64862.1ERF family protein
OWM64883.1ERF family protein
OWM65176.1ERF family protein
OWM65916.1ERF family protein
OWM66058.1ERF family protein
OWM66250.1ERF family protein
OWM66282.1ERF family protein
OWM67090.1ERF family protein
OWM67219.1ERF family protein
OWM67297.1ERF family protein
OWM67510.1ERF family protein
OWM67511.1ERF family protein
OWM67516.1ERF family protein
OWM67617.1ERF family protein
OWM68091.1ERF family protein
OWM68099.1ERF family protein
OWM68102.1ERF family protein
OWM68396.1ERF family protein
OWM68639.1ERF family protein
OWM68687.1ERF family protein
OWM69586.1ERF family protein
OWM69593.1ERF family protein
OWM69914.1ERF family protein
OWM70854.1ERF family protein
OWM71199.1ERF family protein
OWM71655.1ERF family protein
OWM71674.1ERF family protein
OWM71982.1ERF family protein
OWM71983.1ERF family protein
OWM71985.1ERF family protein
OWM71986.1ERF family protein
OWM71987.1ERF family protein
OWM71988.1ERF family protein
OWM72132.1ERF family protein
OWM72165.1ERF family protein
OWM73210.1ERF family protein
OWM73393.1ERF family protein
OWM73526.1ERF family protein
OWM73894.1ERF family protein
OWM74103.1ERF family protein
OWM74373.1ERF family protein
OWM74771.1ERF family protein
OWM75028.1ERF family protein
OWM75411.1ERF family protein
OWM75571.1ERF family protein
OWM75715.1ERF family protein
OWM75716.1ERF family protein
OWM75719.1ERF family protein
OWM75781.1ERF family protein
OWM76114.1ERF family protein
OWM76278.1ERF family protein
OWM76284.1ERF family protein
OWM76286.1ERF family protein
OWM76426.1ERF family protein
OWM77431.1ERF family protein
OWM78118.1ERF family protein
OWM78638.1ERF family protein
OWM78667.1ERF family protein
OWM79114.1ERF family protein
OWM79225.1ERF family protein
OWM79429.1ERF family protein
OWM79505.1ERF family protein
OWM79507.1ERF family protein
OWM79616.1ERF family protein
OWM79790.1ERF family protein
OWM79853.1ERF family protein
OWM79935.1ERF family protein
OWM80547.1ERF family protein
OWM80705.1ERF family protein
OWM81490.1ERF family protein
OWM81491.1ERF family protein
OWM81837.1ERF family protein
OWM82164.1ERF family protein
OWM82204.1ERF family protein
OWM82504.1ERF family protein
OWM83723.1ERF family protein
OWM84059.1ERF family protein
OWM84085.1ERF family protein
OWM84522.1ERF family protein
OWM84886.1ERF family protein
OWM85036.1ERF family protein
OWM85256.1ERF family protein
OWM86065.1ERF family protein
OWM86408.1ERF family protein
OWM86409.1ERF family protein
OWM86417.1ERF family protein
OWM86602.1ERF family protein
OWM86757.1ERF family protein
OWM87300.1ERF family protein
OWM87405.1ERF family protein
OWM87616.1ERF family protein
OWM87776.1ERF family protein
OWM88139.1ERF family protein
OWM88343.1ERF family protein
OWM88344.1ERF family protein
OWM88432.1ERF family protein
OWM88641.1ERF family protein
OWM88820.1ERF family protein
OWM89234.1ERF family protein
OWM89689.1ERF family protein
OWM89822.1ERF family protein
OWM90167.1ERF family protein
OWM91016.1ERF family protein
OWM91161.1ERF family protein
OWM91162.1ERF family protein
OWM91203.1ERF family protein
OWM91392.1ERF 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