ERF1 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C005941.2, designated ERF1 on melon chromosome 7, encodes a member of the AP2/ERF domain-containing transcription factor family, specifically an ERF_plant domain protein that binds sequence-specific DNA and transcription cis-regulatory regions. In melon, ERF1 is associated with the regulation of ethylene-mediated signaling pathways, defense responses, fruit ripening, secondary shoot formation, floral meristem determinacy, cell cycle and cell division, and is localized to the nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to similar developmental and stress-responsive processes, though these associations are not yet established for melon ERF1 itself.