PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Camellia sinensis var. sinensis
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_028051809.1ARF family protein
XP_028052121.1ARF family protein
XP_028052122.1ARF family protein
XP_028052123.1ARF family protein
XP_028052124.1ARF family protein
XP_028056270.1ARF family protein
XP_028057168.1ARF family protein
XP_028070574.1ARF family protein
XP_028070575.1ARF family protein
XP_028070576.1ARF family protein
XP_028073068.1ARF family protein
XP_028073069.1ARF family protein
XP_028073186.1ARF family protein
XP_028078573.1ARF family protein
XP_028078582.1ARF family protein
XP_028083365.1ARF family protein
XP_028083366.1ARF family protein
XP_028083367.1ARF family protein
XP_028084091.1ARF family protein
XP_028084092.1ARF family protein
XP_028086531.1ARF family protein
XP_028086765.1ARF family protein
XP_028086766.1ARF family protein
XP_028086767.1ARF family protein
XP_028086768.1ARF family protein
XP_028090338.1ARF family protein
XP_028091001.1ARF family protein
XP_028091086.1ARF family protein
XP_028091087.1ARF family protein
XP_028091358.1ARF family protein
XP_028094253.1ARF family protein
XP_028094254.1ARF family protein
XP_028094255.1ARF family protein
XP_028096026.1ARF family protein
XP_028096027.1ARF family protein
XP_028096028.1ARF family protein
XP_028096029.1ARF family protein
XP_028097608.1ARF family protein
XP_028097609.1ARF family protein
XP_028099810.1ARF family protein
XP_028105105.1ARF family protein
XP_028109481.1ARF family protein
XP_028116916.1ARF family protein
XP_028125016.1ARF family protein
XP_028125017.1ARF family protein
XP_028127003.1ARF family protein
XP_028127004.1ARF family protein
XP_028127005.1ARF 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