ERF1 — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsERF1 (ERF1) on chromosome 9 of garden lettuce encodes a protein with an AP2/ERF domain, annotated with sequence-specific DNA binding, transcription corepressor activity, and protein kinase activity. The gene is associated with response to flooding, detection of peptidoglycan, cellular response to chitin, detection of molecule of fungal origin, regulation of ethylene mediated signaling pathway, downregulation of ethylene mediated signaling pathway, downregulation of abscisic acid mediated signaling, floral meristem determinacy, and regulation of secondary shoot formation. It is linked to bacterial blight disease resistance, submergence tolerance, ethylene sensitivity, jasmonic acid content, photosynthetic rate, stomatal closure, flowering time, and salinity tolerance. Related genes in other species are linked to drought stress response, abscisic acid sensitivity, transcriptional repression, and phenolic compound biosynthesis.