Skip to main content
. 2018 Jul 17;6:e4631. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4631

Table 1. Transcription factors and their binding sites.

TF family No. of TF in abiotic No. of TF in biotic TFBS
ARF 1 3 TGTCTC auxin response elements (AuxRE)
BBR-BPC 1 (GA/TC)8 and GAGA-binding
bHLH 3 9 E-box (5′-CANNTG-3′)
C2H2 9 A DNA element that contains an AGCT core
C3H 1 Unknown
ERF 5 18 GCC box is an 11 bp sequence (TAAGAGCCGCC)
EIL 3 2 EIL2 BS in ERF1 (TTCAAGGGGGCATGTATCTTGAA)
FAR1 1 FBS for FHY3-FAR1 binding site
GATA 1 WGATAR (W = T or A; R = G or A) motifs
GRAS 1 7 cis-element AATTT
HSF 3 This consists of a tandem of inverted repeats of the sequence GAA, generating a perfect HSE, TTCnnGAAnnTTC
LBD 1 Core sequence CGGC
MIKC_MADS 1 Keratin-like coiled-coil domain
MYB and MYB_related 2 8 (CNGTTR), (GKTWGTTR), TAACPy sequence (only one AAC sequence) and (GKTWGGTR; R, A or G; K, G or T; W, A or T) and EE, AGATATTT
NAC 5 4 NAC recognition site (NACRS), NAC binding element (SNBE) with a longer and variable sequence ([T/A]NN[C/T][T/C/G]TNNNNNNNA[A/C]GN[A/C/T][A/T])
NF-YB 3 CCAAT binding
NF-YC 1 Core nucleotide sequence CCAAT
PHD 1 Unknown
SPL proteins 1 SBP-box, TNCGTACAA
TALE 2 1 Pbx:Meinox binding site (CTGTCAATCA)
TCP 2 GGNCCCAC sequences and s G(T/C)GGNCCC
TIFY 1 Unknown
VOZ 1 GCGTNx7ACGC
WRKY 3 9 W box (TTGACY; Y, C or T)
YABBY 1 WATNATW (W = T or A; R = G or A)
ZIP and HD-ZIP 3 6 Motif AATNATT

Notes:

Transcription factor and binding site for each, in biotic and abiotic stresses. TF, Transcription factor; TFBS, Transcription factor binding site.