Table 1.

Molecular function of different nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) protein complexes.

Protein complex	Molecular function	Reference
AtNF-YA1-B6-C10 AtNF-YA2-B2/5/6-C10 AtNF-YA4/7-B9-C10	Heat and drought response	Sato et al., 2014
AtNF-YA5-B9-C9	Blue light and abscisic acid responses.	Warpeha et al., 2007
AtNF-YA2-B10-C2	Unknown	Hackenberg et al., 2012
AtNF-YA4-B10-C2	Unknown	Hackenberg et al., 2012
AtNF-YA2-B2/B3-C9-CO-RGA	Regulate flowering time via regulating the expression of SOC1/FT	Hou et al., 2014; Xu F. et al., 2016
AtNF-YA4-B3-C2-bZIP28	Regulate ER stress	Liu and Howell, 2010
AtNF-YA2-B3-C10-DREB2A	Regulate heat tolerance via regulating the expression of HsfA3	Sato et al., 2014
AtNF-YB2, B3-C3, C4, C9-CO	Regulate flowering time via regulating the expression of FT	Kumimoto et al., 2010
AtNF-YB9-C2-bZIP67	Regulate seed development via activating expression of CRC	Yamamoto et al., 2009
AtNF-YB9-PIF4	Regulate hypocotyl elongation via regulating the expression of IAA19	Huang et al., 2015b
AtNF-YA2-RGA	Regulate flowering time	Hou et al., 2014
AtNF-YC1-CO	Regulate flowering time	Wenkel et al., 2006
AtNF-YC3-RGA	Regulate flowering time	Hou et al., 2014
AtNF-YC9-RGL2	Regulate seed germination	Liu et al., 2016