TWGFD

Welcome to TCP !

TCP transcription factors were named after four founding members: TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 (TB1) from Zea mays, CYCLOIDEA (CYC) from Antirrhinum majus, PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN FACTOR 1 and 2 (PCF1 and PCF2) from Oryza sativa. TCP proteins are featured by the TCP domain, a highly conserved 59-residue-long basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) structure at the N-terminus, which is associated with DNA binding, protein-protein interaction and protein nuclear localization. TCP proteins are a small family of plant-specific transcription factors and play important roles in multiple processes of plant growth and development by regulating cell growth and proliferation.