TABLE 2.
AP2/ERF regulation of hormone signaling.
| Species | Gene name | Target genes | Interacting cis-element | Function | References |
| Apple (Malus × domestica) | MdERF2, MdERF3 | MdERF3, MdACS1, MdACS3a | DRE/CRT motif | Activator and repressor | Li et al., 2016; Yue et al., 2020 |
| Banana (Musa acuminata) | MaERF9, MaERF11 | MaACS1, MaACO1 | Not mentioned | Activator and repressor | Xiao et al., 2013 |
| Peach (Prunus persica) | PpERF.A16 | PpACS1, PpACO1 | GCCGCC, GGCGTC | Activator | Guo et al., 2021 |
| Pear (Pyrus spp.) | ERF24 | ACO54 | Not mentioned | Activator | Hao et al., 2018 |
| Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) | DkERF18 | DkACS2 | DRE/CRT motif | Activator | He et al., 2020 |
| Banana (Musa acuminata) | MaERF11 | MaACO1 | GCC box | Repressor | Han et al., 2016 |
| Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | SlERF.F12 | SlACS2, SlACS4 | GCC box, DRE/CRT motif | Repressor | Deng et al., 2022 |
| Peach (Prunus persica) | PpERF3 | PpNCED2/3 | DRE/CRT motif | Activator | Wang et al., 2019b |
| Peach (Prunus persica) | PpeERF2 | PpeNCED2, PpeNCED3 | DRE/CRT motif | Repressor | Wang et al., 2019a |
| Peach (Prunus persica) | PpERF4 | PpIAA1, PpACO1, PpNCED2, PpNCED3 | GCC box, DRE/CRT motif | Activator | Wang et al., 2021 |
| Pear (Pyrus ussuriensis) | PuERF2 | PuGH3.1 | DRE/CRT motif | Activator | Yue et al., 2019 |
| Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | SlERF.B3 | SlIAA27, SlETR6, SlERF.C3, SlERF.D2, SlERF.F5, SlERF.F4 | GCC box, DRE/CRT motif | Activator | Liu et al., 2013, 2018 |