PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Ziziphus jujuba
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_015867478.1ARF family protein
XP_015867479.1ARF family protein
XP_015869557.1ARF family protein
XP_015869863.1ARF family protein
XP_015872303.1ARF family protein
XP_015875203.1ARF family protein
XP_015875211.1ARF family protein
XP_015877600.1ARF family protein
XP_015877609.1ARF family protein
XP_015879676.1ARF family protein
XP_015880498.1ARF family protein
XP_015880499.1ARF family protein
XP_015880500.1ARF family protein
XP_015880502.1ARF family protein
XP_015880672.1ARF family protein
XP_015880673.1ARF family protein
XP_015881669.1ARF family protein
XP_015884813.1ARF family protein
XP_015885595.1ARF family protein
XP_015885596.1ARF family protein
XP_015885597.1ARF family protein
XP_015885598.1ARF family protein
XP_015888764.1ARF family protein
XP_015888765.1ARF family protein
XP_015888766.1ARF family protein
XP_015890840.1ARF family protein
XP_015890841.1ARF family protein
XP_015890842.1ARF family protein
XP_015890843.1ARF family protein
XP_015890844.1ARF family protein
XP_015890846.1ARF family protein
XP_015891602.1ARF family protein
XP_015891971.1ARF family protein
XP_015895933.1ARF family protein
XP_015895934.1ARF family protein
XP_015896067.1ARF family protein
XP_015897821.1ARF 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