PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Solanum pennellii
Nin-like Family
Species TF ID Description
Sopen01g054240.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen02g001870.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen03g035000.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen04g036100.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen08g004270.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen08g004760.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen08g017790.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen08g030980.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen08g030990.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen11g020820.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen11g024190.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen11g024280.1Nin-like family protein
Sopen12g006550.1Nin-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