ERF1 — Daucus carota subsp. sativus

Summary

DcERF1 (DCAR_008892) on carrot chromosome 3 encodes an AP2/ERF domain-containing transcription factor with DNA-binding and transcription coactivator activity. It is associated with the regulation of secondary metabolism, including anthocyanin synthesis, and with ethylene-mediated signaling, defense responses, drought and salinity responses, trichome formation, floral meristem determinacy, and fruit ripening. The gene has been linked to root fresh weight, adventitious rootless, root oxidative activity, photosynthetic rate, respiration rate, ethylene and auxin sensitivity, jasmonic acid content, flowering time, and disease tolerance. It is also connected to phenotypes such as resistance to Botrytis cinerea, heat, salt, and drought tolerance, lateral root development, primary root elongation, and stomatal aperture. The protein localizes to the nucleus and the Mediator complex.