PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_024959083.1ARF family protein
XP_024964050.1ARF family protein
XP_024964051.1ARF family protein
XP_024965512.1ARF family protein
XP_024965513.1ARF family protein
XP_024965515.1ARF family protein
XP_024965516.1ARF family protein
XP_024967774.1ARF family protein
XP_024967775.1ARF family protein
XP_024967776.1ARF family protein
XP_024967777.1ARF family protein
XP_024968840.1ARF family protein
XP_024969053.1ARF family protein
XP_024972315.1ARF family protein
XP_024972323.1ARF family protein
XP_024973113.1ARF family protein
XP_024974073.1ARF family protein
XP_024976571.1ARF family protein
XP_024976928.1ARF family protein
XP_024976929.1ARF family protein
XP_024976930.1ARF family protein
XP_024979344.1ARF family protein
XP_024981016.1ARF family protein
XP_024985067.1ARF family protein
XP_024985214.1ARF family protein
XP_024985224.1ARF family protein
XP_024985225.1ARF family protein
XP_024985226.1ARF family protein
XP_024986751.1ARF family protein
XP_024989417.1ARF family protein
XP_024989418.1ARF family protein
XP_024989420.1ARF family protein
XP_024989421.1ARF family protein
XP_024990472.1ARF family protein
XP_024991006.1ARF family protein
XP_024991007.1ARF family protein
XP_024991008.1ARF family protein
XP_024991009.1ARF family protein
XP_024992508.1ARF family protein
XP_024992509.1ARF family protein
XP_024992699.1ARF family protein
XP_024993269.1ARF family protein
XP_024993270.1ARF family protein
XP_024993271.1ARF family protein
XP_024993272.1ARF family protein
XP_024993273.1ARF family protein
XP_024993477.1ARF family protein
XP_024996106.1ARF 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