Probably acts as a transcriptional activator. Binds to the GCC-box pathogenesis-related promoter element. May be involved in the regulation of gene expression by stress factors and by components of stress signal transduction pathways (By similarity). Regulates negatively the transition to flowering time and confers flowering time delay. Repressed by miR172a-2/EAT. Belongs to the AP2/ERF transcription factor family. AP2 subfamily.