Table 2.

Overview of plant-related HSFs or proteins in response to high temperature stress

Gene/Protein	Source of gene	Stress responses	References
HSFA6A	Arabidopsis	Can provide abiotic stress tolerance by regulating ROS homeostasis in plants.	Wenjing W. et al. 2020 [20]
HSFA1s	Arabidopsis	The HSFA1 gene is a major regulator of HSR and an important component of other abiotic stress responses.	Liu HC. et al. 2011 [21]
mtHSC70-1	Arabidopsis	Has a role in the establishment of cytochrome c oxidase (COX)-dependent respiration and redox homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana	Zhai XT. et al. 2020. [22]
ZmHsf05	Zea mays	ZmHsf05 plays an important role in both basal and acquired temperature tolerance in plants.	Li GL.et al. 2019 [23]
ZmHsf01	Zea mays	Lines overexpressing ZmHsf01 showed higher chlorophyll content and survival rate after HS	Zhang H. et al. 2020 [24]
ZmHsf17	Zea mays	Binds to the promoter of small heat shock proteins	Qi H. et al. 2022 [25].
HSFA1a	tomato	HSFA1-type HSF can promote its activity in HSE for stress protection	Mesihovic A, et al. 2021. [26]
HsfA2	tomato	Accumulation of HsfA2 by moderate HS treatment enhances the ability of seedlings to cope with subsequent severe HS	Fragkostefanakis S. et al. 2016 [27]
HSFB4a	bread wheat	Mitigation of HSFB4a regulates downstream heat stress response genes to control heat tolerance in heat tolerant species	Rao S.et al. 2022 [28]
TdHSP101C	bread wheat	Expression of TdHSP101 gene is associated with increased heat tolerance	Bento M.et al. 2017. [29]
TaHSFA6e	bread wheat	TaHSFA6e TF can be used as a promising candidate gene for manipulating heat stress tolerance networks	Kumar RR. et al. 2018. [30]
TaHsfA2e-5D	bread wheat	TaHsfA2e-5D acts as a positive regulator of plant responses to heat and drought stress	Bi H. et al. 2022. [31]
TaHsfA2b	bread wheat	Provides functional heat shock elements which interact with other small molecules	Xue GP. et al. 2014 [32]