PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Coffea arabica
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_027061929.1ARF family protein
XP_027065054.1ARF family protein
XP_027065055.1ARF family protein
XP_027065328.1ARF family protein
XP_027068123.1ARF family protein
XP_027068124.1ARF family protein
XP_027072185.1ARF family protein
XP_027072186.1ARF family protein
XP_027075605.1ARF family protein
XP_027079004.1ARF family protein
XP_027081169.1ARF family protein
XP_027081170.1ARF family protein
XP_027085933.1ARF family protein
XP_027085940.1ARF family protein
XP_027085948.1ARF family protein
XP_027085957.1ARF family protein
XP_027085965.1ARF family protein
XP_027085973.1ARF family protein
XP_027085983.1ARF family protein
XP_027085989.1ARF family protein
XP_027085998.1ARF family protein
XP_027086516.1ARF family protein
XP_027086520.1ARF family protein
XP_027086525.1ARF family protein
XP_027087006.1ARF family protein
XP_027087007.1ARF family protein
XP_027088989.1ARF family protein
XP_027088990.1ARF family protein
XP_027090708.1ARF family protein
XP_027090710.1ARF family protein
XP_027093163.1ARF family protein
XP_027104977.1ARF family protein
XP_027104978.1ARF family protein
XP_027104979.1ARF family protein
XP_027105403.1ARF family protein
XP_027108145.1ARF family protein
XP_027111825.1ARF family protein
XP_027113307.1ARF family protein
XP_027115457.1ARF family protein
XP_027122786.1ARF family protein
XP_027122787.1ARF family protein
XP_027126419.1ARF 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