PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Glycine soja
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
KHM99856.1ARF family protein
KHN00842.1ARF family protein
KHN02338.1ARF family protein
KHN04711.1ARF family protein
KHN05679.1ARF family protein
KHN05725.1ARF family protein
KHN06947.1ARF family protein
KHN07880.1ARF family protein
KHN08480.1ARF family protein
KHN08745.1ARF family protein
KHN09718.1ARF family protein
KHN09922.1ARF family protein
KHN09955.1ARF family protein
KHN11044.1ARF family protein
KHN12007.1ARF family protein
KHN12303.1ARF family protein
KHN12428.1ARF family protein
KHN15502.1ARF family protein
KHN15923.1ARF family protein
KHN16369.1ARF family protein
KHN16426.1ARF family protein
KHN16883.1ARF family protein
KHN17140.1ARF family protein
KHN17462.1ARF family protein
KHN17743.1ARF family protein
KHN18941.1ARF family protein
KHN21534.1ARF family protein
KHN22052.1ARF family protein
KHN25051.1ARF family protein
KHN28241.1ARF family protein
KHN31261.1ARF family protein
KHN32922.1ARF family protein
KHN36953.1ARF family protein
KHN38362.1ARF family protein
KHN39075.1ARF family protein
KHN39439.1ARF family protein
KHN39511.1ARF family protein
KHN40198.1ARF family protein
KHN40286.1ARF family protein
KHN40318.1ARF family protein
KHN41019.1ARF family protein
KHN42790.1ARF family protein
KHN43557.1ARF family protein
KHN46047.1ARF family protein
KHN47353.1ARF family protein
KHN48291.1ARF 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