The AP2/EREBP family of plant transcription factors

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 633-646

  Riechmann, José Luis ^a   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Disease resistance; Flower development; Genome sequence; Homeotic gene; Plant stress

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOBOX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; STRESS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031845074     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (87)

1. Altschul, S.F., Gish, W., Miller, W., Myers, E.W., and Lipman, D.J. (1990). Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol. 215, 403-410.
2. Baker, S.C., Robinson-Beers, K., Villanueva, J.M., Gaiser, J.C., and Gasser, C.S. (1997). Interactions among genes regulating ovule development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 145, 1109-1124.
3. Bennicelli, J.L., Fredericks, W.J., Wilson, R.B., Rauscher III, F.J., Barr, F.G. (1995). Wild type PAX3 protein and the PAX3-FKHR fusion protein of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma contain potent, structurally distinct transcriptional activation domains. Oncogene 11, 119-130.
4. Bent, A.F. (1996). Plant disease resistance genes: function meets structure. Plant Cell 8, 1757-1771.
5. Biggin, M.D., and McGinnis, W. (1997). Regulation of segmentation and segmental identity by Drosophila homeoproteins: the role of DNA binding in functional activity and specificity. Development 124, 4425-4433.
6. Botella, M.A., Coleman, M.J., Hughes, D.E., Nishimura, M.T., Jones, J.D.G., and Somerville, S.C. (1997). Map positions of 47 Arabidopsis sequences with sequence similarity to disease resistance genes. Plant J. 12, 1197-1211.
7. Bowman, J.L., Smyth, D.R., and Meyerowitz, E.M. (1989). Genes directing flower development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 1, 37-52.
8. Bowman, J.L., Smyth, D.R., and Meyerowitz, E.M. (1991). Genetic interactions among floral homeotic genes of Arabidopsis. Development 112, 1-20.
9. Bowman, J.L., Alvarez, J., Weigel, D., Meyerowitz, E.M., and Smyth, D.R. (1993). Control of flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana by APETALA1 and interacting genes. Development 119, 721-743.
10. Büttner, M., and Singh, K.B. (1997). Arabidopsis thaliana ethylene-responsive element binding protein (AtEBP), an ethylene-inducible, GCC box DNA-binding protein interacts with an ocs element binding protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 5961-5966.
11. Coustry, F., Maity, S.N., de Crombrugghe, B. (1995). Studies on transcription activation by the multimeric CCAAT-binding factor CBF*. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 468-475.
12. Crane, P.R., Friis, E.M., and Pedersen, K.R. (1995). The origin and early diversification of angiosperms. Nature 374, 27-33.
13. Daniell, T.J., Fordham-Skelton, A.P., Vergani, P., and Edwards, R. (1996). Isolation of a maize cDNA encoding APETALA2-like binding domains by complementation cloning of an L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase-deficient mutant of Escherichia coli (accession No. Z47554) (PGR96-013). Plant Physiol. 110, 1435.
14. Dörfler, P., and Busslinger, M. (1996). C-terminal activating and inhibitory domains determine the transactivation potential of BSAP (Pax-5), Pax-2 and Pax-8. EMBO J. 15, 1971-1982.
15. Drews, G. N., Bowman, J. L., and Meyerowitz, E. M. (1991). Negative regulation of the Arabidopsis homeotic gene AGAMOUS by the APETALA2 product. Cell 65, 991-1002.
16. Ecker, J.R. (1995). The ethylene signal transduction pathway in plants. Science 268, 667-675.
17. Elliott, R.C., Betzner, A.S., Huttner, E., Oakes, M.P., Tucker, W.Q. J., Gerentes, D., Perez, P., Smyth, D.R. (1996). AINTEGUMENTA, an APETALA2-like gene of Arabidopsis with pleiotropic roles in ovule development and floral organ growth. Plant Cell 8, 155-168.
18. Evans, M.M.S., Passas, H.J., and Poethig, R.S. (1994). Heterochronic effects of glossy 15 mutations on epidermal cell identity in maize. Development 120, 1971-1981.
19. Eyal, Y., Meller, Y., Lev-Yadun, S., and Fluhr, R. (1993). A basic-type PR-1 promoter directs ethylene responsiveness, vascular and abscission zone-specific expression. Plant J. 4, 225-234.
20. Flanders, D.J., Weng, S., Petel, F.X., and Cherry, J.M. (1998). AtDB, the Arabidopsis thaliana database, and graphical-web-display of progress by the Arabidopsis Genome Initiative. Nucleic Acids Res. 26, 80-84.
21. Gasser, C. S., and Robinson-Beers, K. (1993). Pistil development. Plant Cell 5, 1231-1239.
22. Gerber, H.-P., Seipel, K., Georgiev, O., Hofferer, M., Hug, M., Rusconi, S., and Schaffner, W. (1994). Transcriptional activation modulated by homopolymeric glutamine and proline stretches. Science 263, 808-811.
23. Goodman, H. M., Ecker, J. R., and Dean, C. (1995). The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92, 10831-10835.
24. Hammond-Kosack, K.E., and Jones, J.D.G. (1996). Resistance gene-dependent plant defense responses. Plant Cell 8, 1773-1791.
25. Hart, C.M., Nagy, F., and Meins, F., Jr. (1993). A 61 bp enhancer element of the tobacco β-1,3-glucanase B gene interacts with one or more regulated nuclear proteins. Plant Mol. Biol. 21, 121-131.
26. Henikoff, S., Greene, E.A., Pietrokovski, S., Bork, P., Attwood, T.K., and Hood, L. (1997). Gene families: the taxonomy of protein paralogs and chimeras. Science 278, 609-614.
27. Herr, W., and Cleary, M.A. (1995). The POU domain: versatility in transcriptional regulation by a flexible two-in-one DNA-binding domain. Genes Dev. 9, 1679-1693.
28. Huala, E., and Sussex, I.M. (1992). LEAFY interacts with floral homeotic genes to regulate Arabidopsis floral development. Plant Cell 4, 901-913.
29. Hunter, T., and Karin, M. (1992). The regulation of transcription by phosphorylation. Cell 70, 375-387.
30. Hwang, J.-J., Chambon, P., and Davidson, I. (1993). Characterization of the transcription activation function and the DNA binding domain of transcriptional enhancer factor-1. EMBO J. 12, 2337-2348.
31. Irish, V.F., and Sussex, I.M. (1990). Function of the apetala1-1 gene during Arabidopsis floral development. Plant Cell 2, 741-753.
32. Ishiguro, S., and Nakamura, K. (1994). Characterization of a cDNA encoding a novel DNA-binding protein, SPF1, that recognizes SP8 sequences in the 5′ upstream regions of genes coding for sporamin and β-amylase from sweet potato. Mol. Gen. Genet. 244, 563-571.
33. Jaglo-Ottosen, K.R., Gilmour, S.J., Zarka, D.G., Schabenberger, O., and Thomashow, M.F. (1998). Arabidopsis CBF1 overexpression induces COR genes and enhances freezing tolerance. Science 280, 104-106.
34. Jofuku, K.D., den Boer, B.G.W., van Montagu, M., and Okamuro, J.K. (1994). Control of Arabidopsis flower and seed development by the homeotic gene APETALA2. Plant Cell 6, 1211-1225.
35. Karin, M., and Hunter, T. (1995). Transcriptional control by protein phosphorylation: signal transmission from the cell surface to the nucleus. Current Biol. 5, 747-757.
36. Kempin, S.A., Lijegren, S.J., Block, L.M., Rounsley, S.D., Yanofsky, M.F., and Lam, E. (1997). Targeted disruption in Arabidopsis. Nature 389, 802-803.
37. Kieber, J.J., Rothenberg, M., Roman, G., Feldmann, K.A., and Ecker, J.R. (1993). CTR1, a negative regulator of the ethylene response pathway in Arabidopsis, encodes a member of the Raf family of protein kinases. Cell 72, 427-441.
38. Klucher, K.M., Chow, H., Reiser, L., and Fischer, R.L. (1996). The AINTEGUMENTA gene of Arabidopsis required for ovule and female gametophyte development is related to the floral homeotic gene APETALA2. Plant Cell 8, 137-153.
39. Knoester, M., van Loon, L.C., van den Heuvel, J., Hennig, J., Bol, J.F., and Linthorst, H.J.M. (1998). Ethylene-insensitive tobacco lacks nonhost resistance against soil-borne fungi. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95, 1933-1937.
40. Komaki, M.K., Okada, K., Nishino, E., and Shimura, Y. (1988). Isolation and characterization of novel mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana defective in flower development. Development 104, 195-203.
41. Krysan, P.J., Young, J.C., Tax, F., and Sussman, M.R. (1996). Identification of transferred DNA insertions within Arabidopsis genes involved in signal transduction and ion transport. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 8145-8150.
42. Kunst, L., Klenz, J.E., Martinez-Zapater, J., and Haughn, G.W. (1989). AP2 gene determines the identity of perianth organs in flowers of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 1, 1195-1208.
43. Lawton, K.A., Potter, S.L., Uknes, S., and Ryals, J. (1994). Acquired resistance signal transduction in Arabidopsis is ethylene independent. Plant Cell 6, 581-588.
44. Léon-Kloosterziel, K.M., Keijzer, C.J., and Koornneef, M. (1994). A seed shape mutant of Arabidopsis that is affected in integument development. Plant Cell 6, 385-392.
45. Lipsick, J.S. (1996). One billion years of Myb. Oncogene 13, 223-235.
46. Martin, C., and Paz-Ares, J. (1997). MYB transcription factors in plants. Trends Genet. 13, 67-73.
47. Matsuzaki, Y., Fujisawa, J-i, and Yoshida, M. (1995). Identification of transcriptional activation domain of TREB5, a CREB/ATF family protein that binds to HTLV-1 enhancer. J. Biochem. 117, 303-308.
48. McKinney, E.C., Ali, N., Traut, A., Feldmann, K.A., Belostotsky, D. A., McDowell, J. M., and Meagher, R. B. (1995). Sequence-based identification of T-DNA insertion mutations in Arabidopsis: actin mutants act2-1 and act4-1. Plant J. 8, 613-622.
49. Meyerowitz, E. M. (1994). Structure and organization of the Arabidopsis thaliana nuclear genome. In: Arabidopsis. E. M. Meyerowitz and C. R. Somerville, eds. (Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), pp. 21-36.
50. Mitchell, P.J., and Tjian, R. (1989). Transcriptional regulation in mammalian cells by sequence-specific DNA binding proteins. Science 245, 371-378.
51. Modrusan, Z., Reiser, L., Feldmann, K.A., Fischer, R.L., and Haughn, G.W. (1994). Homeotic transformation of ovules into carpel-like structures in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 6, 333-349.
52. Moose, S.P., and Sisco, P.H. (1994). Glossy 15 controls the epidermal juvenile-to-adult phase transition in maize. Plant Cell 6, 1343-1355.
53. Moose, S.P., and Sisco, P.H. (1996). Glossy 15, an APETAL2-like gene from maize that regulates leaf epidermal cell identity. Genes Dev. 10, 3018-3027.
54. Ohme-Takagi, M., and Shinshi, H. (1995). Ethylene-inducible DNA binding proteins that interact with an ethylene-responsive element. Plant Cell 7, 173-182.
55. Okamuro, J.K., Caster, B., Villarroel, R., van Montagu, M., and Jofuku, K.D. (1997a). The AP2 domain of APETALA2 defines a large new family of DNA binding proteins in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 7076-7081.
56. Okamuro, J.K., Szeto, W., Lotys-Prass, C., and Jofuku, K.D. (1997b). Photo and hormonal control of meristem identity in the Arabidopsis flower mutants apetala2 and apetala1. Plant Cell 9, 37-47.
57. Parmentier, Y., Bouchez, D., Fleck, J., and Genschik, P. (1997). The 20S proteasome gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett. 416, 281-285.
58. Pascarella, S., and Argos, P. (1992). Analysis of insertions/deletions in protein structures. J. Mol. Biol. 224, 461-471.
59. Pater, S.d., Greco, V., Pham, K., Memelink, J., and Kijne, J. (1996). Characterization of a zinc-dependent transcriptional activator from Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Res. 24, 4624-4631.
60. Penninckx, I.A.M.A., Eggermont, K., Terras, F.R.G., Thomma, B.P. H.J., Desamblanx, G.W., Buchala, A., Metraux, J.P., Manners, J.M., and Broekaert, W.F. (1996). Pathogen-induced systemic activation of a plant defensin gene in Arabidopsis follows a salicylic acid-independent pathway. Plant Cell 6, 2309-2323.
61. Poethig, R.S. (1990). Phase change and the regulation of shoot morphogenesis in plants. Science 250, 923-930.
62. Raikhel, N. (1992). Nuclear targeting in plants. Plant Physiol. 100, 1627-1632.
63. Reiser, L., and Fischer, R. L. (1993). The ovule and the embryo sac. Plant Cell 5, 1291-1301.
64. Riechmann, J.L., and Meyerowitz, E.M. (1997). MADS domain proteins in plant development. Biol. Chem. 378, 1079-1101.
65. Rounsley, S.D., Ditta, G.S., and Yanofsky, M.F. (1995). Diverse roles for MADS box genes in Arabidopsis development. Plant Cell 7, 1259-1269.
66. Rushton, P.J., Macdonald, H., Huttly, A.K., Lazarus, C.M., and Hooley, R. (1995). Members of a new family of DNA-binding proteins bind to a conserved cis-element in the promoters of α-Amy2 genes. Plant Mol. Biol. 29, 691-702.
67. Rushton, P.J., Tovar Torres, J., Parniske, M., Wernert, P., Hahlbrock, K., and Somssich, I.E. (1996). Interaction of elicitor-induced DNA-binding proteins with elicitor response elements in the promoters of parsley PR1 genes. EMBO J. 15, 5690-5700.
68. Ryals, J.A., Neuenschwander, U.H., Willits, M.G., Molina, A., Steiner, H.-Y., and Hunt, M.D. (1996). Systemic acquired resistance. Plant Cell 8, 1809-1819.
69. Ryan, A.K., and Rosenfeld, M.G. (1997). POU domain family values: flexibility, partnerships, and developmental codes. Genes Dev. 11, 1207-1225.
70. Schmidt, R.J., and Ambrose, B.A. (1998). The blooming of grass flower development. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 1, 60-67.
71. Schneitz, K., Hülskamp, M., Kopczak, S.D., and Pruitt, R.E. (1997). Dissection of sexual organ ontogenesis: a genetic analysis of ovule development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 124, 1367-1376.
72. Schultz, E.A., and Haughn, G.W. (1993). Genetic analyses of the floral initiation process (FLIP) in Arabidopsis. Development 119, 745-765.
73. Seipel, K., Georgiev, O., and Schaffner, W. (1992). Different activation domains stimulate transcription from remote ('enhancer') and proximal ('promoter') positions. EMBO J. 11, 4961-4968.
74. Shannon, S., and Meeks-Wagner, D.R. (1993). Genetic interactions that regulate inflorescence development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 5, 639-655.
75. Shore, P., and Sharrocks, A.D. (1995). The MADS-box family of transcription factors. Eur. J. Biochem. 229, 1-13.
76. Stockinger, E.J., Gilmour, S.J., and Thomashow, M.F. (1997). Arabidopsis thaliana CBF1 encodes an AP2 domain-containing transcriptional activator that binds to the C-repeat/DRE, a cisacting DNA regulatory element that stimulates transcription in response to low temperature and water deficit. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 1035-1040.
77. Tanaka, M., and Herr, W. (1990). Differential transcriptional activation by Oct-1 and Oct-2: interdependent activation domains induce Oct-2 phosphorylation. Cell 60, 375-386.
78. The EU Arabidopsis genome project (1998). Analysis of 1.9 Mb of contiguous sequence from chromosome 4 of Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature 391, 485-488.
79. van der Krol, A. R., and Chua, N.-H. (1991). The basic domain of plant B-ZIP proteins facilitates import of a reporter protein into plant nuclei. Plant Cell 3, 667-675.
80. Varagona, M.J., Schmidt, R.J., and Raikhel, N.V. (1992). Nuclear localization signal(s) required for nuclear targeting of the maize regulatory protein Opaque-2. Plant Cell 4, 1213-1227.
81. Veit, B., Schmidt, R.J., Hake, S., and Yanofsky, M.F. (1993). Maize floral development: new genes and old mutants. Plant Cell 5, 1205-1215.
82. Vergani, P., Morandini, P., and Soave, C. (1997). Complementation of a yeast Δpkc 1 mutant by the Arabidopsis protein ANT. FEBS Lett. 400, 243-246.
83. Weigel, D. (1995). The APETALA2 domain is related to a novel type of DNA binding domain. Plant Cell 7, 388-389.
84. Wilson, K., Long, D., Swinburne, J., and Coupland, G. (1996). A Dissociation insertion causes a semidominant mutation that increases expression of TINY, an Arabidopsis gene related to APETALA2. Plant Cell 8, 659-671.
85. Winter, B., Braun, T., and Arnold, H.-H. (1992). Co-operativity of functional domains in the muscle-specific transcription factor Myf-5. EMBO J. 11, 1843-1855.
86. Wolfe, K., Gouy, M., Yang, Y., Sharp, P., and Li, W. H. (1989). Date of the monocot dicot divergence estimated from chloroplast DNA sequence data. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 86, 5201-5205.
87. Zhou, J., Tang, X., and Martin, G.B. (1997). The Pto kinase conferring resistance to tomato bacterial speck disease interacts with proteins that bind a cis-element of pathogenesis-related genes. EMBO J. 16, 3207-3218.