PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Sisymbrium irio
Nin-like Family
Species TF ID Description
676712676Nin-like family protein
676721284Nin-like family protein
676721350Nin-like family protein
676725256Nin-like family protein
676741406Nin-like family protein
676751678Nin-like family protein
676752124Nin-like family protein
676754958Nin-like family protein
676756758Nin-like family protein
676758308Nin-like family protein
676762766Nin-like family protein
676769024Nin-like family protein
676777966Nin-like family protein
676789228Nin-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