ERS — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C015961.2 (ERS, CmERS) on melon chromosome 2 encodes an ethylene receptor 1, a dual-specificity histidine kinase with ethylene-binding and copper-binding activities. The gene is associated with sex determination and differentiation, fruit abscission, and ethylene-mediated signaling pathways. It has been linked to traits including fruit ripening, shelf life, seed yield, leaf carbon content, photosynthetic ability, and responses to water stress, temperature stress, nematodes, aphids, and aluminum. Associations also include root hair length, anther morphology, auxin and jasmonic acid content, and lignin biosynthesis. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to ethylene signal transduction, disease resistance, iron acquisition, and osmotic stress tolerance, and to tuber dormancy.