InterPro domain: IPR013860

This entry represents fungal proteins containing GATA domains, including nitrogen regulatory protein areA, a transcription activator that binds the consensus DNA element 5'-CGATAG-3' and mediates nitrogen metabolite repression [ 1 ]. The entry also contains P34072 that is thought to be a negative regulator of RAS-cAMP pathway in S. cerevisiae and the S. pombe member is a GAF1 transcription factor Q10280 .

1. The regulatory gene areA mediating nitrogen metabolite repression in Aspergillus nidulans. Mutations affecting specificity of gene activation alter a loop residue of a putative zinc finger. EMBO J. 9, 1355-64