PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Ricinus communis
HSF Family
Species TF ID Description
28312.m000133HSF family protein
29092.m000454HSF family protein
29629.m001435HSF family protein
29636.m000750HSF family protein
29739.m003565HSF family protein
29844.m003222HSF family protein
29851.m002407HSF family protein
29883.m001955HSF family protein
29912.m005397HSF family protein
29912.m005526HSF family protein
29968.m000635HSF family protein
30006.m000287HSF family protein
30026.m001484HSF family protein
30054.m000802HSF family protein
30073.m002276HSF family protein
30147.m014282HSF family protein
30170.m013859HSF family protein
30190.m011156HSF family protein
HSF Family Introduction

Heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) are the major regulators of the plant heat stress (hs) response. Sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome revealed the existence of 21 open-reading frames (ORFs) encoding putative Hsfs assigned to classes A-C. Here we present results of a functional genomics approach to the Arabidopsis Hsf family focused on the analysis of their C-terminal domains (CTDs) harboring conserved modules for their function as transcription factors and their intracellular localization. Using reporter assays in tobacco protoplasts and yeast as well as glutathione-S-transferase (GST) pull-down assays, we demonstrate that short peptide motifs enriched with aromatic and large hydrophobic amino acid (aa) residues embedded in an acidic surrounding (AHA motifs) are essential for transcriptional activity of class A Hsfs. In contrast to this, class B and C Hsfs lack AHA motifs and have no activator function on their own. We also provide evidence for the function of a leucine (Leu)-rich region centered around a conserved QMGΦL motif at the very C-terminus as a nuclear export signal (NES) of class A Hsfs. Sequence comparison indicates that the combination of a C-terminal AHA motif with the consensus sequence FWxxF/L,F/I/L as well as the adjacent NES represents a signature domain for plant class A Hsfs, which allowed to identify more than 60 new Hsfs from the expressed sequence tag (EST) database.

Kotak S, Port M, Ganguli A, Bicker F, von Koskull-Doring P.
Characterization of C-terminal domains of Arabidopsis heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) and identification of a new signature combination of plant class A Hsfs with AHA and NES motifs essential for activator function and intracellular localization.
Plant J, 2004. 39(1): p. 98-112.
PMID: 15200645