Basic information
Locus name	At2g40740
Alias	WRKY55
Organism	Arabidopsis thaliana
Taxonomic identifier	[NCBI]
Function category
Effect for Senescence	promote
Gene Description	WRKY55 is predominantly expressed in senescent leaves and encodes a transcriptional activator localized to nuclei.
Evidence	Genetic evidence [Ref 1]
References	1: Wang Y, Cui X, Yang B, Xu S, Wei X, Zhao P, Niu F, Sun M, Wang C, Cheng H, Jiang YQ. WRKY55 transcription factor positively regulates leaf senescence and the defense response by modulating the transcription of genes implicated in the biosynthesis of reactive oxygen species and salicylic acid in Arabidopsis Development. 2020 Aug 18;147(16):dev189647. doi: 10.1242/dev.189647.
Gene Ontology	biological process regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent molecular function sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity sequence-specific DNA binding
Ortholog Group
Ortholog Groups: OG5_177325	Accession Taxon NP_001078033 Arabidopsis thaliana NP_181606 ( At2g40740 ) Arabidopsis thaliana 29729.m002330 Ricinus communis 29729.m002370 Ricinus communis
Cross Link
Database Entry ID E-value Start End InterPro ID Description PANTHER PTHR31282 1.3E-17 148 254 No hit NA SUPERFAMILY SSF118290 3.5E-25 169 233 IPR003657 DNA-binding WRKY SMART SM00774 1.6E-35 172 234 IPR003657 DNA-binding WRKY Pfam PF03106 6.5E-25 173 232 IPR003657 DNA-binding WRKY ProSiteProfiles PS50811 20.1 173 230 IPR003657 DNA-binding WRKY
Mutant Image
wrky55 mutant exhibited normal senescence.
Subcellular Localization
Localization	nucleus
Evidence	SUBAcon
Pubmed ID	23180787