ERF1 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C014181.2 (CmERF1) on melon chromosome 7 encodes a protein with an AP2/ERF domain and DNA-binding and transcription corepressor activity. The gene is associated with regulation and downregulation of ethylene-mediated signaling, response to flooding, chitin, and molecules of bacterial and fungal origin, defense response, camalexin biosynthesis, and positive regulation of the hypersensitive response. It is linked to bacterial blight disease resistance, submergence tolerance, ethylene sensitivity, jasmonic acid content, photosynthetic rate, flowering time, and salinity tolerance. The gene is also associated with strigolactone signaling, chitin signaling, stomatal closure, and immunity. Related genes in other species link the family to abscisic acid response, drought stress response, and transcriptional repression.