PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Brassica oleracea
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_013586187.1ARF family protein
XP_013586188.1ARF family protein
XP_013586461.1ARF family protein
XP_013586633.1ARF family protein
XP_013586634.1ARF family protein
XP_013587957.1ARF family protein
XP_013587958.1ARF family protein
XP_013590621.1ARF family protein
XP_013592069.1ARF family protein
XP_013592070.1ARF family protein
XP_013593026.1ARF family protein
XP_013594669.1ARF family protein
XP_013595232.1ARF family protein
XP_013596928.1ARF family protein
XP_013599005.1ARF family protein
XP_013599006.1ARF family protein
XP_013604468.1ARF family protein
XP_013604928.1ARF family protein
XP_013605108.1ARF family protein
XP_013605265.1ARF family protein
XP_013605274.1ARF family protein
XP_013605280.1ARF family protein
XP_013610137.1ARF family protein
XP_013610570.1ARF family protein
XP_013610601.1ARF family protein
XP_013611237.1ARF family protein
XP_013611610.1ARF family protein
XP_013612783.1ARF family protein
XP_013612784.1ARF family protein
XP_013612785.1ARF family protein
XP_013612786.1ARF family protein
XP_013614735.1ARF family protein
XP_013619833.1ARF family protein
XP_013619838.1ARF family protein
XP_013620446.1ARF family protein
XP_013620447.1ARF family protein
XP_013621961.1ARF family protein
XP_013621962.1ARF family protein
XP_013628677.1ARF family protein
XP_013629482.1ARF family protein
XP_013629483.1ARF family protein
XP_013629484.1ARF family protein
XP_013631127.1ARF family protein
XP_013631443.1ARF family protein
XP_013633548.1ARF family protein
XP_013635089.1ARF family protein
XP_013636813.1ARF family protein
XP_013636814.1ARF family protein
XP_013637173.1ARF family protein
ARF Family Introduction

Auxin response factors (ARF) are transcription factors that regulate the expression of auxin response genes. ARFs bind with specificity to TGTCTC auxin response elements (AuxRE) in promoters of these genes and function in combination with Aux/IAA (auxin/indole acetic acid) repressors, which dimerize with ARF activators in an auxin-regulated manner.

Most ARFs consist of an amino-terminal DNA-binding domain (DBD), a middle region that functions as an activation domain (AD) or repression domain (RD), and a carboxy-terminal dimerization domain (CTD). The ARF DBD is classified as a plant-specific B3-type, but requires additional amino-terminal and carboxy-terminal amino acids for efficient in vitro binding to TGTCTC AuxREs.

The ARF ADs and RDs are located just carboxy-terminal to the DBDs and contain biased amino acid sequences. ARF ADs are enriched in glutamine along with serine and leucine residues, while ARF RDs are enriched in serine, proline, leucine and glycine residues.

Guilfoyle TJ, Hagen G.
Auxin response factors.
Curr Opin Plant Biol, 2007. 10(5): p. 453-60.
PMID: 17900969