PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Brassica rapa
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_009101718.1ARF family protein
XP_009103121.1ARF family protein
XP_009103129.1ARF family protein
XP_009103136.1ARF family protein
XP_009103143.1ARF family protein
XP_009103378.1ARF family protein
XP_009103379.1ARF family protein
XP_009103380.1ARF family protein
XP_009103678.1ARF family protein
XP_009103679.1ARF family protein
XP_009104599.1ARF family protein
XP_009104600.1ARF family protein
XP_009105160.1ARF family protein
XP_009105162.1ARF family protein
XP_009106427.1ARF family protein
XP_009109594.1ARF family protein
XP_009110159.1ARF family protein
XP_009110255.1ARF family protein
XP_009110292.1ARF family protein
XP_009112005.1ARF family protein
XP_009113394.1ARF family protein
XP_009114661.1ARF family protein
XP_009115164.1ARF family protein
XP_009115165.1ARF family protein
XP_009116845.1ARF family protein
XP_009120578.1ARF family protein
XP_009120579.1ARF family protein
XP_009120773.1ARF family protein
XP_009121623.1ARF family protein
XP_009126474.1ARF family protein
XP_009126475.1ARF family protein
XP_009128129.1ARF family protein
XP_009130187.1ARF family protein
XP_009137407.1ARF family protein
XP_009137577.1ARF family protein
XP_009137888.1ARF family protein
XP_009138752.1ARF family protein
XP_009139708.1ARF family protein
XP_009139709.1ARF family protein
XP_009139710.1ARF family protein
XP_009141352.1ARF family protein
XP_009142634.1ARF family protein
XP_009143823.1ARF family protein
XP_009149398.1ARF family protein
XP_009149478.1ARF family protein
XP_009149479.1ARF family protein
XP_009149480.1ARF family protein
XP_009149887.1ARF family protein
XP_009151321.1ARF 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