Acts as a transcriptional repressor. Binds to the GCC-box pathogenesis-related promoter element. Involved in the regulation of gene expression by stress factors and by components of stress signal transduction pathways and could also regulate other AtERFs. Interacts with SAP18. Induced by jasmonate (JA), ethylene and Alternaria brassicicola (locally and systemically). Moderate induction by wounding or drought stress does not require EIN2, whereas induction by NaCl does. Transcripts accumulate slightly in cycloheximide-treated plants, a protein synthesis inhibitor. Seems to not be influenced by ethylene, exogenous abscisic acid (ABA), cold and heat stress. Contains a slightly degenerated ERF-associated amphiphilic repression (EAR) motif, which may be involved in the activity of transcriptional repression. Belongs to the AP2/ERF transcription factor family. ERF subfamily.