PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Cicer arietinum
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_004485416.1ARF family protein
XP_004485417.1ARF family protein
XP_004485844.1ARF family protein
XP_004485845.1ARF family protein
XP_004485979.1ARF family protein
XP_004487099.1ARF family protein
XP_004488112.1ARF family protein
XP_004488113.1ARF family protein
XP_004490754.1ARF family protein
XP_004490828.1ARF family protein
XP_004497510.1ARF family protein
XP_004499259.2ARF family protein
XP_004503551.1ARF family protein
XP_004503553.1ARF family protein
XP_004503803.1ARF family protein
XP_004504542.1ARF family protein
XP_004504543.1ARF family protein
XP_004505103.1ARF family protein
XP_004505104.1ARF family protein
XP_004505967.1ARF family protein
XP_004506012.1ARF family protein
XP_004508018.1ARF family protein
XP_004508019.1ARF family protein
XP_004508020.1ARF family protein
XP_004508021.1ARF family protein
XP_004508022.1ARF family protein
XP_004510646.1ARF family protein
XP_004510661.1ARF family protein
XP_004510662.1ARF family protein
XP_004511136.1ARF family protein
XP_012567350.1ARF family protein
XP_012568938.1ARF family protein
XP_012569005.1ARF family protein
XP_012570270.1ARF family protein
XP_012570274.1ARF family protein
XP_012570835.1ARF family protein
XP_012571326.1ARF family protein
XP_012571327.1ARF family protein
XP_012571810.1ARF family protein
XP_012572776.1ARF family protein
XP_012572936.1ARF family protein
XP_012573395.1ARF family protein
XP_012573396.1ARF family protein
XP_012574137.1ARF family protein
XP_012574145.1ARF family protein
XP_012574328.1ARF 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