PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Sisymbrium irio
HSF Family
Species TF ID Description
676702116HSF family protein
676702456HSF family protein
676708560HSF family protein
676717988HSF family protein
676720378HSF family protein
676721204HSF family protein
676721612HSF family protein
676728338HSF family protein
676729602HSF family protein
676729922HSF family protein
676729938HSF family protein
676729950HSF family protein
676729986HSF family protein
676731104HSF family protein
676734018HSF family protein
676738414HSF family protein
676749464HSF family protein
676758752HSF family protein
676768768HSF family protein
676771790HSF family protein
676772242HSF family protein
676789072HSF family protein
676790678HSF family protein
676791056HSF family protein
676792476HSF family protein
676792706HSF family protein
676793020HSF family protein
HSF Family Introduction

Heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) are the major regulators of the plant heat stress (hs) response. Sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome revealed the existence of 21 open-reading frames (ORFs) encoding putative Hsfs assigned to classes A-C. Here we present results of a functional genomics approach to the Arabidopsis Hsf family focused on the analysis of their C-terminal domains (CTDs) harboring conserved modules for their function as transcription factors and their intracellular localization. Using reporter assays in tobacco protoplasts and yeast as well as glutathione-S-transferase (GST) pull-down assays, we demonstrate that short peptide motifs enriched with aromatic and large hydrophobic amino acid (aa) residues embedded in an acidic surrounding (AHA motifs) are essential for transcriptional activity of class A Hsfs. In contrast to this, class B and C Hsfs lack AHA motifs and have no activator function on their own. We also provide evidence for the function of a leucine (Leu)-rich region centered around a conserved QMGΦL motif at the very C-terminus as a nuclear export signal (NES) of class A Hsfs. Sequence comparison indicates that the combination of a C-terminal AHA motif with the consensus sequence FWxxF/L,F/I/L as well as the adjacent NES represents a signature domain for plant class A Hsfs, which allowed to identify more than 60 new Hsfs from the expressed sequence tag (EST) database.

Kotak S, Port M, Ganguli A, Bicker F, von Koskull-Doring P.
Characterization of C-terminal domains of Arabidopsis heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) and identification of a new signature combination of plant class A Hsfs with AHA and NES motifs essential for activator function and intracellular localization.
Plant J, 2004. 39(1): p. 98-112.
PMID: 15200645