PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Pyrus bretschneideri
Nin-like Family
Species TF ID Description
Pbr001171.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr001302.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr007300.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr008254.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr010789.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr011436.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr011832.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr013603.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr019891.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr024988.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr027720.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr031538.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr032211.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr035094.1Nin-like family protein
Pbr037954.1Nin-like family protein
Nin-like Family Introduction

Nodule inception initially relies on cell competence in a narrow infection zone located just behind the growing root tip. Older nodules then regulate the number of nodules on a root system by suppressing the development of nodule primordia. Nin (for nodule inception) is required for the formation of infection threads and the initiation of primordia. NIN protein has regional similarity to transcription factors, and the predicted DNA-binding/dimerization domain identifies and typifies a consensus motif conserved in plant proteins with a function in nitrogen-controlled development.

The nitrogen regulation of nodule organogenesis and Chlamydomonas gametogenesis together with the conserved domain embedding the RWP-RK motif of NIN and Mid indicate that this domain is involved in the regulation of genes controlled by nitrogen status. Because the conserved domain was found only in proteins from algae and higher plants, this class of regulator proteins probably evolved after the common ancestor of algae and plants diverged from the other eukaryotes.

Schauser L, Roussis A, Stiller J, Stougaard J.
A plant regulator controlling development of symbiotic root nodules
Nature. 1999 Nov 11;402(6758):191-5.
PMID: 10647012