LAN Mengjiao
Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province/Key Laboratory of Sweetpotato Biology and Genetic Breeding,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Xuzhou 221131;Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200KOU Meng
Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province/Key Laboratory of Sweetpotato Biology and Genetic Breeding,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Xuzhou 221131XIAO Manqiu
Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200LI Chen
Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province/Key Laboratory of Sweetpotato Biology and Genetic Breeding,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Xuzhou 221131PAN Hao
Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200ZHANG Yungang
Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province/Key Laboratory of Sweetpotato Biology and Genetic Breeding,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Xuzhou 221131LU Lingzhi
Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200HOU Longying
Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200GE Ruihua
Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200WU Wensheng
Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200LI Qiang
Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province/Key Laboratory of Sweetpotato Biology and Genetic Breeding,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Xuzhou 2211311.Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Xuhuai District of Jiangsu Province/Key Laboratory of Sweetpotato Biology and Genetic Breeding,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Xuzhou 221131;2.Crop Institute of Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Nanchang 330200
China Sweetpotato Industry Technology Research System (CARS-10); Jiangxi Province Tuber and Yam Grop Joint Research on Cultivar Breeding (9021109126)
AP2/ERF (APETALA2/ethylene responsive factor) is one of the largest transcription factor (TF) families in plants, which contains at least one specific AP2 domains composed of 60-70 highly conserved amino acids. Depending on the number and sequence similarity of AP2 domains, this family can be classified into five subfamilies: AP2 (APETALA2), DREB (dehydration-responsive element binding proteins), ERF (ethylene-responsive factor), RAV (related to AB13/VP), and Soloist. AP2/ERF TFs regulate their expression by binding to target genes through YRG and RAYD conserved elements in the AP2 domain. At present, AP2/ERF TFs have become a hot candidate gene for studying plant stress resistance mechanisms and biosynthesis of active ingredients. More and more AP2/ERF families and their members have been reported. In this review, we summarized the latest research achievements on plant AP2/ERF family, including the structural characteristics and classification, and the research progress of AP2/ERF TFs involved in regulation of plant secondary metabolites synthesis, participation in biological and abiotic stress response was mainly introduced.Meanwhile, possible hot research topics and fields of AP2/ERF were proposed,which may provide a reference for further mining and utilization of such transcription factor genes for plant genetic improvement and germplasm innovation.