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. 2017 Nov 14;8:1925. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01925

Table 1.

Biological functions of the trxG factors and their accessory proteins in post-embryonic development.

trxG factor Biological function(s) Reference
Chromatin remodelers
BRM Maintains RAM and SAM activity; Farrona et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2015
Represses floral transition; Farrona et al., 2011; Li et al., 2015
Specifies floral organ identity Farrona et al., 2004; Wu et al., 2012
CHR11 Promotes floral morphogenesis Smaczniak et al., 2012
CHR17 Promotes floral morphogenesis Smaczniak et al., 2012
PKL Maintains RAM activity Aichinger et al., 2011
SYD Maintains SAM activity; Kwon et al., 2005
Specifies floral organ identity Wagner and Meyerowitz, 2002; Wu et al., 2012
Histone methyltransferases
ATX1/SDG27 Maintains RAM activity; Napsucialy-Mendivil et al., 2014
Represses floral transition; Pien et al., 2008
Specifies floral organ identity Alvarez-Venegas et al., 2003
ATXR3/SDG2 Maintains RAM activity Yao et al., 2013
ATXR7/SDG25 Represses floral transition Berr et al., 2009; Tamada et al., 2009
SDG8 Represses floral transition; Shafiq et al., 2014; Yang et al., 2014
Specifies floral organ identity Grini et al., 2009
SDG26 Promotes floral transition Berr et al., 2015
SDG701 Promotes floral transition in rice Liu et al., 2017
SDG708 Promotes floral transition in rice Liu et al., 2016
AtCOMPASS core components
ASH2R Represses floral transition Jiang et al., 2011
RBL Represses floral transition Jiang et al., 2011
WDR5 Represses floral transition Jiang et al., 2009
Histone demethylases
ELF6 Represses floral transition Yang et al., 2016
REF6/JMJ12 Promotes floral transition Noh et al., 2004; Yang et al., 2016
DNA-binding and accessory proteins
ALP1 Restricts FM activity Liang et al., 2015
NF-Y Promotes floral transition Hou et al., 2014
SEP3 Specifies floral organ identity Pelaz et al., 2000
ULT1/2 Restricts SAM activity; Carles et al., 2004, 2005
Restricts FM activity Carles and Fletcher, 2009