ERS — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C006451.2 (ERS) on melon chromosome 7 encodes a protein with histidine phosphotransfer kinase activity, ethylene receptor activity, and dual-specificity protein kinase activity, and contains ETR1_N, GAF, and histidine kinase dimerisation domains. The gene is associated with ethylene-mediated signaling pathways, sex determination and differentiation, fruit abscission and ripening, detection of ethylene stimulus, and regulation of seedling development and post-embryonic root growth. It is linked to traits including fruit ripening, female flowering, leaf carbon content, photosynthetic ability, seed yield, root hair length, and responses to water stress, temperature stress, nematodes, aphids, and aluminum. Related genes in other species connect it to ethylene signal transduction, disease resistance, and nutrient deficiency responses.