title: The promiscuous life of plant NUCLEAR FACTOR Y transcription factors.
abstract: The CCAAT box is one of the most common cis-elements present in eukaryotic promoters and is bound by the transcription factor NUCLEAR FACTOR Y (NF-Y). NF-Y is composed of three subunits, NF-YA, NF-YB, and NF-YC. Unlike animals and fungi, plants have significantly expanded the number of genes encoding NF-Y subunits. We provide a comprehensive classification of NF-Y genes, with a separation of closely related, but distinct, histone fold domain proteins. We additionally review recent experiments that have placed NF-Y at the center of many developmental stress-responsive processes in the plant lineage.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petroni
authors.forename: Roderick W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Kumimoto
authors.forename: Nerina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gnesutta
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calvenzani
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fornari
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.forename: Ben F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mantovani
mesh_terms: D023081:CCAAT-Binding Factor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D023081:CCAAT-Binding Factor; D010940:Plant Proteins; C402244:nuclear factor Y