DESCRIPTION:Santi et al. 2003The barley b recombinant (BBR) protein binds specifically to the (GA/TC)8 repeat. BBR is nuclear targeted and is a characterized nuclear localization signal (NLS) sequence, a DNA-binding domain extended up to 90 aa at the C-terminus and a putative N-terminal activation domain. The corresponding gene has no introns and is ubiquitously expressed in barley tissues. In co-transfection experiments, BBR activates (GA/TC)8-containing promoters, and its overexpression in tobacco leads to a pronounced leaf shape modification. BBR has properties of a GAGA-binding factor, but the corresponding gene has no sequence homology to Trl and Psq of Drosophila, which encode functionally analogous proteins.
Members of this family
SHOULD possess DUF1004 domain
References
Santi, L; Wang, Y; Stile, MR; Berendzen, K; Wanke, D; Roig, C; Pozzi, C; Müller, K; Müller, J; Rohde, W; Salamini, F. 2003. The GA octodinucleotide repeat binding factor BBR participates in the transcriptional regulation of the homeobox gene Bkn3. Plant J. 34(6):813-26 PUBMEDID:12795701