PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Transcription Factor Information
Basic Information | Signature Domain | Sequence | 
Basic Information? help Back to Top
TF ID AT2G21320.1
Common NameBBX18, DBB1A, F3K23.8, STH4
Organism
Taxonomic ID
Taxonomic Lineage
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Brassicales; Brassicaceae; Camelineae; Arabidopsis
Family DBB
Protein Properties Length: 172aa    MW: 18891 Da    PI: 6.1028
Description DBB family protein
Gene Model
Gene Model ID Type Source Coding Sequence
AT2G21320.1genomeTAIRView CDS
Signature Domain? help Back to Top
Signature Domain
No. Domain Score E-value Start End HMM Start HMM End
1zf-B_box19.71.7e-06434535
     zf-B_box  5 kCpeHeekelqlfCedCqqllCedClleeHk 35
                  C+ +e+  ++ fC  ++  lC +C ++ Hk
  AT2G21320.1  4 LCDACESAAAIVFCAADEAALCCSCDEKVHK 34
                 6***************************995 PP

2zf-B_box284.5e-095292238
     zf-B_box  2 eerkCpeHeekelqlfCedCqqllCedClleeHkg....Ht 38
                 +++ C+ +e+ ++ ++Ce +++ lC +C +  H g    H+
  AT2G21320.1 52 NAPSCDICENAPAFFYCEIDGSSLCLQCDMVVHVGgkrtHR 92
                 7899*****************************66666776 PP

Protein Features ? help Back to Top
3D Structure
Database Entry ID E-value Start End InterPro ID Description
PROSITE profilePS5011910.239147IPR000315B-box-type zinc finger
CDDcd000216.25E-5334No hitNo description
SMARTSM003363.0E-5447IPR000315B-box-type zinc finger
SMARTSM003361.8E-135196IPR000315B-box-type zinc finger
PROSITE profilePS501199.35196IPR000315B-box-type zinc finger
PfamPF006435.1E-75292IPR000315B-box-type zinc finger
CDDcd000211.06E-75496No hitNo description
Gene Ontology ? help Back to Top
GO Term GO Category GO Description
GO:0006355Biological Processregulation of transcription, DNA-templated
GO:0010100Biological Processnegative regulation of photomorphogenesis
GO:0070370Biological Processcellular heat acclimation
GO:0071483Biological Processcellular response to blue light
GO:0005634Cellular Componentnucleus
GO:0000989Molecular Functiontranscription factor activity, transcription factor binding
GO:0003700Molecular Functiontranscription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
GO:0008270Molecular Functionzinc ion binding
Plant Ontology ? help Back to Top
PO Term PO Category PO Description
PO:0000013anatomycauline leaf
PO:0000037anatomyshoot apex
PO:0000230anatomyinflorescence meristem
PO:0000293anatomyguard cell
PO:0008019anatomyleaf lamina base
PO:0009006anatomyshoot system
PO:0009009anatomyplant embryo
PO:0009010anatomyseed
PO:0009025anatomyvascular leaf
PO:0009029anatomystamen
PO:0009030anatomycarpel
PO:0009031anatomysepal
PO:0009032anatomypetal
PO:0009046anatomyflower
PO:0009047anatomystem
PO:0009052anatomyflower pedicel
PO:0020030anatomycotyledon
PO:0020100anatomyhypocotyl
PO:0025022anatomycollective leaf structure
PO:0025281anatomypollen
PO:0001054developmental stagevascular leaf senescent stage
PO:0001078developmental stageplant embryo cotyledonary stage
PO:0001081developmental stagemature plant embryo stage
PO:0001185developmental stageplant embryo globular stage
PO:0004507developmental stageplant embryo bilateral stage
PO:0007098developmental stageLP.02 two leaves visible stage
PO:0007115developmental stageLP.04 four leaves visible stage
PO:0007123developmental stageLP.06 six leaves visible stage
PO:0007611developmental stagepetal differentiation and expansion stage
PO:0007616developmental stageflowering stage
Sequence ? help Back to Top
Protein Sequence    Length: 172 aa     Download sequence    Send to blast
MRILCDACES AAAIVFCAAD EAALCCSCDE KVHKCNKLAS RHLRVGLADP SNAPSCDICE  60
NAPAFFYCEI DGSSLCLQCD MVVHVGGKRT HRRFLLLRQR IEFPGDKPNH ADQLGLRCQK  120
ASSGRGQESN GNGDHDHNMI DLNSNPQRVH EPGSHNQEEG IDVNNANNHE HE
Expression -- UniGene ? help Back to Top
UniGene ID E-value Expressed in
At.273670.0flower
Expression -- Microarray ? help Back to Top
Source ID E-value
Genevisible263739_at0.0
Expression AtlasAT2G21320-
AtGenExpressAT2G21320-
ATTED-IIAT2G21320-
Expression -- Description ? help Back to Top
Source Description
UniprotTISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in vasculature of leaves and petioles. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20872270}.
Functional Description ? help Back to Top
Source Description
UniProtActs as negative regulator of seedling photomorphogenesis (PubMed:18540109). Acts as a negative regulator of blue light-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl elongation through increase of bioactive gibberellin levels (PubMed:20872270). Acts as a repressor of thermotolerance by modulating expression of a set of heat shock-responsive genes (PubMed:23238922). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18540109, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20872270, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23238922}.
Function -- GeneRIF ? help Back to Top
  1. DBB1a promotes hypocotyl elongation under blue light condition through an increase in bioactive gibberellin levels in Arabidopsis.[DBB1a]
    [PMID: 20872270]
  2. Heat stress-induced BBX18 negatively regulates the thermotolerance in Arabidopsis. [BBX18]
    [PMID: 23238922]
Cis-element ? help Back to Top
SourceLink
PlantRegMapAT2G21320.1
Regulation -- Description ? help Back to Top
Source Description
UniProtINDUCTION: By blue light (PubMed:20872270) and heat shock (at protein level) (PubMed:23238922). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20872270, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23238922}.
Regulation -- PlantRegMap ? help Back to Top
Source Upstream Regulator Target Gene
PlantRegMapRetrieve-
Phenotype -- Mutation ? help Back to Top
Source ID
T-DNA ExpressAT2G21320
Annotation -- Nucleotide ? help Back to Top
Source Hit ID E-value Description
GenBankAY0605700.0AY060570.1 Arabidopsis thaliana At2g21320/F3K23.8 mRNA, complete cds.
GenBankAY1255730.0AY125573.1 Arabidopsis thaliana At2g21320/F3K23.8 mRNA, complete cds.
Annotation -- Protein ? help Back to Top
Source Hit ID E-value Description
RefseqNP_565507.11e-124B-box zinc finger family protein
SwissprotQ9SJU51e-125BBX18_ARATH; B-box zinc finger protein 18
TrEMBLD7LL261e-115D7LL26_ARALL; Zinc finger (B-box type) family protein
STRINGAT2G21320.11e-124(Arabidopsis thaliana)
Orthologous Group ? help Back to Top
LineageOrthologous Group IDTaxa NumberGene Number
MalvidsOGEM21682469
Representative plantOGRP33521628
Publications ? help Back to Top
  1. Riechmann JL, et al.
    Arabidopsis transcription factors: genome-wide comparative analysis among eukaryotes.
    Science, 2000. 290(5499): p. 2105-10
    [PMID:11118137]
  2. Yamada K, et al.
    Empirical analysis of transcriptional activity in the Arabidopsis genome.
    Science, 2003. 302(5646): p. 842-6
    [PMID:14593172]
  3. Rizhsky L,Davletova S,Liang H,Mittler R
    The zinc finger protein Zat12 is required for cytosolic ascorbate peroxidase 1 expression during oxidative stress in Arabidopsis.
    J. Biol. Chem., 2004. 279(12): p. 11736-43
    [PMID:14722088]
  4. S
    ABA activates ADPR cyclase and cADPR induces a subset of ABA-responsive genes in Arabidopsis.
    Plant J., 2004. 38(3): p. 381-95
    [PMID:15086800]
  5. Tepperman JM, et al.
    Expression profiling of phyB mutant demonstrates substantial contribution of other phytochromes to red-light-regulated gene expression during seedling de-etiolation.
    Plant J., 2004. 38(5): p. 725-39
    [PMID:15144375]
  6. Stanley Kim H, et al.
    Transcriptional divergence of the duplicated oxidative stress-responsive genes in the Arabidopsis genome.
    Plant J., 2005. 41(2): p. 212-20
    [PMID:15634198]
  7. Casson S,Spencer M,Walker K,Lindsey K
    Laser capture microdissection for the analysis of gene expression during embryogenesis of Arabidopsis.
    Plant J., 2005. 42(1): p. 111-23
    [PMID:15773857]
  8. Spencer MW,Casson SA,Lindsey K
    Transcriptional profiling of the Arabidopsis embryo.
    Plant Physiol., 2007. 143(2): p. 924-40
    [PMID:17189330]
  9. Willems G, et al.
    The genetic basis of zinc tolerance in the metallophyte Arabidopsis halleri ssp. halleri (Brassicaceae): an analysis of quantitative trait loci.
    Genetics, 2007. 176(1): p. 659-74
    [PMID:17409091]
  10. Wohlbach DJ,Quirino BF,Sussman MR
    Analysis of the Arabidopsis histidine kinase ATHK1 reveals a connection between vegetative osmotic stress sensing and seed maturation.
    Plant Cell, 2008. 20(4): p. 1101-17
    [PMID:18441212]
  11. Kumagai T, et al.
    The common function of a novel subfamily of B-Box zinc finger proteins with reference to circadian-associated events in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 2008. 72(6): p. 1539-49
    [PMID:18540109]
  12. Datta S, et al.
    LZF1/SALT TOLERANCE HOMOLOG3, an Arabidopsis B-box protein involved in light-dependent development and gene expression, undergoes COP1-mediated ubiquitination.
    Plant Cell, 2008. 20(9): p. 2324-38
    [PMID:18796637]
  13. Khanna R, et al.
    The Arabidopsis B-box zinc finger family.
    Plant Cell, 2009. 21(11): p. 3416-20
    [PMID:19920209]
  14. Wang Q, et al.
    DBB1a, involved in gibberellin homeostasis, functions as a negative regulator of blue light-mediated hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis.
    Planta, 2011. 233(1): p. 13-23
    [PMID:20872270]
  15. Yamawaki S,Yamashino T,Nakamichi N,Nakanishi H,Mizuno T
    Light-responsive double B-box containing transcription factors are conserved in Physcomitrella patens.
    Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 2011. 75(10): p. 2037-41
    [PMID:21979077]
  16. Ingkasuwan P, et al.
    Inferring transcriptional gene regulation network of starch metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves using graphical Gaussian model.
    BMC Syst Biol, 2012. 6: p. 100
    [PMID:22898356]
  17. Wang Q,Tu X,Zhang J,Chen X,Rao L
    Heat stress-induced BBX18 negatively regulates the thermotolerance in Arabidopsis.
    Mol. Biol. Rep., 2013. 40(3): p. 2679-88
    [PMID:23238922]
  18. Ding Y, et al.
    Four distinct types of dehydration stress memory genes in Arabidopsis thaliana.
    BMC Plant Biol., 2013. 13: p. 229
    [PMID:24377444]
  19. Zhang X,Lin R
    Light signaling differentially regulates the expression of group IV of the B-box zinc finger family.
    Plant Signal Behav, 2017. 12(9): p. e1365213
    [PMID:28922622]