PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Herrania umbratica
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
XP_021275217.1ARF family protein
XP_021275391.1ARF family protein
XP_021275392.1ARF family protein
XP_021275393.1ARF family protein
XP_021275474.1ARF family protein
XP_021275475.1ARF family protein
XP_021276074.1ARF family protein
XP_021276082.1ARF family protein
XP_021276093.1ARF family protein
XP_021276101.1ARF family protein
XP_021277074.1ARF family protein
XP_021278322.1ARF family protein
XP_021279163.1ARF family protein
XP_021280133.1ARF family protein
XP_021280421.1ARF family protein
XP_021284458.1ARF family protein
XP_021285434.1ARF family protein
XP_021285529.1ARF family protein
XP_021285531.1ARF family protein
XP_021295181.1ARF family protein
XP_021295182.1ARF family protein
XP_021295183.1ARF family protein
XP_021296004.1ARF family protein
XP_021297666.1ARF family protein
XP_021298042.1ARF family protein
XP_021298043.1ARF family protein
XP_021298070.1ARF family protein
XP_021298071.1ARF 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