EPF2 cDNA ORF clone, Arabidopsis thaliana(thale cress)

Sequence and analysis of chromosome 1 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Nature408(6814)816-20(2000 Dec)

Stomagen (also called EPF-LIKE9) peptide, which promotes stomatal development, requires ERECTA (ER)-family receptor kinases and interferes with the inhibition of stomatal development by the EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR 2 (EPF2)-ER module
Title: Competitive binding of antagonistic peptides fine-tunes stomatal patterning.

the secreted protease CRSP, which cleaves the pro-peptide EPF2, in turn repressing stomatal development
Title: Carbonic anhydrases, EPF2 and a novel protease mediate CO2 control of stomatal development.

In a ROS1 mutant, the promoter region of the peptide ligand gene EPF2 is hypermethylated, which reduces EPF2 expression and leads to overproduction of stomatal lineage cells.
Title: Overproduction of stomatal lineage cells in Arabidopsis mutants defective in active DNA demethylation.

EPF1 and EPF2 are able to activate the MAP kinase MPK6, and that both EPF1 and EPF2 are able to decrease the SPCH level, whereas stomagen is able to increase it.
Title: Differential effects of the peptides Stomagen, EPF1 and EPF2 on activation of MAP kinase MPK6 and the SPCH protein level.

EPF1/EPF2-like proteins form an additional disulfide bond in their loop regions and show greater flexibility in these regions than EPFL9/Stomagen-like peptides.
Title: Evolutionary relationship and structural characterization of the EPF/EPFL gene family.