PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Salvia splendens
ARF Family
Species TF ID Description
TEY12202.1ARF family protein
TEY12362.1ARF family protein
TEY12968.1ARF family protein
TEY13188.1ARF family protein
TEY13360.1ARF family protein
TEY13750.1ARF family protein
TEY16767.1ARF family protein
TEY17825.1ARF family protein
TEY19307.1ARF family protein
TEY23294.1ARF family protein
TEY24357.1ARF family protein
TEY26034.1ARF family protein
TEY29257.1ARF family protein
TEY30276.1ARF family protein
TEY31335.1ARF family protein
TEY32315.1ARF family protein
TEY33220.1ARF family protein
TEY35049.1ARF family protein
TEY37027.1ARF family protein
TEY37125.1ARF family protein
TEY37253.1ARF family protein
TEY38358.1ARF family protein
TEY40294.1ARF family protein
TEY40462.1ARF family protein
TEY41083.1ARF family protein
TEY41353.1ARF family protein
TEY43876.1ARF family protein
TEY46696.1ARF family protein
TEY47908.1ARF family protein
TEY52662.1ARF family protein
TEY54571.1ARF family protein
TEY55244.1ARF family protein
TEY55287.1ARF family protein
TEY59061.1ARF family protein
TEY59062.1ARF family protein
TEY62018.1ARF family protein
TEY62767.1ARF family protein
TEY62769.1ARF family protein
TEY62891.1ARF family protein
TEY64149.1ARF family protein
TEY64898.1ARF family protein
TEY66200.1ARF family protein
TEY66549.1ARF family protein
TEY69021.1ARF family protein
TEY69811.1ARF family protein
TEY72215.1ARF family protein
TEY72881.1ARF family protein
TEY74149.1ARF family protein
TEY75785.1ARF family protein
TEY80753.1ARF family protein
TEY83620.1ARF family protein
TEY84723.1ARF family protein
TEY84751.1ARF family protein
TEY88169.1ARF family protein
TEY89425.1ARF family protein
TEY89426.1ARF family protein
TEY90133.1ARF family protein
TEY91294.1ARF family protein
TEY91400.1ARF family protein
TEY92250.1ARF 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