Gene Details:

• Gene ID: GRMZM5G879778_P01
• Gene Name: ZEAMMB73_156293
• Gene Family: GATA Family
• Description: GATA Family protein
• Species: Zea mays
• Source: GATA family gene from PlantTFDB

Protein Features:

• SMART:  SM00401
• PROSITE profile:  PS50114
• Gene3D:  G3DSA:3.30.50.10
• SuperFamily:  SSF57716
• Pfam:  PF00320
• InterPro:  IPR000679    IPR013088

Annotation Proteins:

• Refseq:  XP_008679967.1  — transcription factor elt-1
• TrEMBL:  K7USP1  — K7USP1_MAIZE; C2C2-GATA transcription factor (Fragment)
• STRING:  GRMZM5G879778_P01  — (Zea mays)

Gene Ontology:

• GO:0006355  — Biological Process — regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
• GO:0003700  — Molecular Function — transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding
• GO:0008270  — Molecular Function — zinc ion binding
• GO:0043565  — Molecular Function — sequence-specific DNA binding

Family Introduction:

• GATA factors were first identified as proteins that interact with conserved WGATAR (W = T or A; R = G or A) motifs involved in erythroid-specific gene expressionin vertebrates.
• GATA factors are characterised by the presence of conserved, type-IV zinc-finger motifs Animal factors typically contain two C-x2-Cx17-C-x2-C zinc-finger domains. The majority of known fungal GATA factors contain a single C-x2-C-x17-C-x2-C finger with greatest similarity to the carboxyl (C) terminal finger of animal GATA factors.Several examples of fungal GATA factors containing a variant C-x2-C-x18-C-x2-C DNA-binding domain are also known.
• Examples of both C-x2-C-x17-Cx2-C (Type IVa) and C-x2-C-x18-C-x2-C (Type IVb) GATA factors are found within fungi; animals onlycontain the former configuration, and plants only the latter. Plant GATA factors typically contain a single zinc finger. The Arabidopsis type-IV zinc-finger proteins may represent the previously defined family of nuclear GATA-binding proteins implicated in light-responsive transcription.

Literature:

• Arabidopsis thaliana GATA factors: organisation, expression and DNA-binding characteristics.   DOI:  10.1023/a:1016062325584 ;  PMID:  12139008

Sequences: