PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Sesamum indicum
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_011073189.1ARF family protein
XP_011074533.1ARF family protein
XP_011074537.1ARF family protein
XP_011074547.1ARF family protein
XP_011074555.1ARF family protein
XP_011074654.1ARF family protein
XP_011074655.1ARF family protein
XP_011074656.1ARF family protein
XP_011074657.1ARF family protein
XP_011074899.1ARF family protein
XP_011076975.1ARF family protein
XP_011076976.1ARF family protein
XP_011077348.1ARF family protein
XP_011077349.1ARF family protein
XP_011077666.1ARF family protein
XP_011082305.1ARF family protein
XP_011083049.1ARF family protein
XP_011083507.1ARF family protein
XP_011084326.1ARF family protein
XP_011085226.1ARF family protein
XP_011085227.1ARF family protein
XP_011085439.1ARF family protein
XP_011087626.1ARF family protein
XP_011089287.1ARF family protein
XP_011089288.1ARF family protein
XP_011089289.1ARF family protein
XP_011089326.1ARF family protein
XP_011089328.1ARF family protein
XP_011089883.1ARF family protein
XP_011089884.1ARF family protein
XP_011089885.1ARF family protein
XP_011089918.1ARF family protein
XP_011092260.1ARF family protein
XP_011092261.1ARF family protein
XP_011093873.1ARF family protein
XP_011093958.1ARF family protein
XP_011094057.1ARF family protein
XP_011094651.1ARF family protein
XP_011094652.1ARF family protein
XP_011096446.1ARF family protein
XP_011096635.1ARF family protein
XP_011096636.1ARF family protein
XP_011096637.1ARF family protein
XP_011097995.1ARF family protein
XP_011097996.1ARF family protein
XP_011097997.1ARF family protein
XP_011097998.1ARF family protein
XP_011097999.1ARF family protein
XP_011098000.1ARF family protein
XP_011099209.1ARF 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