ERF1 — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C014441.2 (CmERF1) on melon chromosome 6 encodes an AP2/ERF domain-containing protein with DNA binding, transcription corepressor activity, and protein kinase activity. The gene is associated with response to flooding, cuticle anabolism, upregulation of wax anabolism, camalexin anabolism, regulation of ethylene-mediated signaling pathway, downregulation of ethylene-mediated signaling pathway, floral meristem determinacy, cellular response to chitin, cellular response to molecule of bacterial origin, and detection of molecule of fungal origin. It is linked to bacterial blight disease resistance, submergence tolerance, ethylene sensitivity, jasmonic acid content, high temperature stress response, photosynthetic rate, stomatal complex closure time, flowering time trait, and salinity tolerance. Localization evidence places the product in the nucleus, cytoplasm, plasma membrane, and extracellular space. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to abscisic acid response, drought stress, and transcriptional repression, and to phenolic compound biosynthesis.