ERS — Cucumis sativus

Summary

CsERS (CSA_7G405830) in cucumber encodes a dual-specificity protein kinase with histidine kinase activity, and is associated with ethene binding, copper binding, and ethylene receptor activity. It is associated with sex determination and differentiation, flower formation, detection of ethene stimulus, and responses to carbon starvation, water stress, temperature stress, and nematode damage. The gene is linked to leaf carbon content, photosynthetic ability, seed yield, adventitious root number, and anther morphology. Localization evidence connects it to the ER lumen, plastid stroma, and proteasome. Related genes in other species are linked to ethylene signal transduction, senescence, disease resistance to Pseudomonas syringae, root-knot nematode resistance, female flower development, and parthenocarpy.