Table 2.

Forkhead Transcription Factor DNA-Binding Motifs

Protein Organism Consensus sequence
Freac-2HumanNNANNGTAAACAANNN
Freac-3HumanNNNNNGTAAATAAACA
Freac-4HumanCYWAWGTAAACANWGN
Freac-6HumanTAAAYAAAYANNM
Freac-7HumanWNNANATAAAYANNNN
HFH-8MouseYRNATAAACANNN
HFH-1RatAWATAAACAWTN
HFH-2RatAAAYAAACAWTN
HNF-3βRatWAARYAAAYANTNCM
XFD-1 Xenopus laevis YAWGTAAAYAWWRY
XFD-2 X. lae. WNWATAAACAWNNR
XFD-3 X. lae. WNWGTMAACAWWMW
Croc Drosophila melanogaster WANARTAAATATNNNN
HCM1p[ii] Yeast WAAYAAACAAW
ECB-SFF[iii] YeastAAWWNRTAAAYAAA
SFF-LIKE[iv] YeastWAWWNRTAAACAAN
M14b[v] YeastWNWAAAHAAACAMW

[i] Note. Weight matrix consensus sequences (IUPAC codes) taken from Transfac (Wingender et al. 2000) unless noted otherwise. References for the motifs taken from Transfac are given in the text.

[iv] This work.