ERS — Nicotiana attenuata

Summary

A4A49_40548 (ERS) on coyote tobacco (Nicotiana attenuata) scaffold05052 encodes a protein with dual-specificity protein kinase activity, histidine kinase activity, histidine phosphotransfer kinase activity, phosphorelay sensor kinase activity, ethylene receptor activity, copper binding, and anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase activity. It is associated with detection of ethylene stimulus, jasmonic acid/ethylene-dependent systemic resistance, nicotine anabolism, tryptophan formation, and regulation of stem cell renewal, seedling development, and post-embryonic root development. The gene is linked to traits including leaf carbon content, fruit ripening, seed yield, photosynthetic ability, herbivore defense, aphid resistance, nematode damage response, aluminum resistance, and heterosis. It has been connected to phenotypes such as arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, fruit set timing, adventitious root formation, cell size, chloroplast development, and enhanced thermotolerance. Related genes in other species link the family to ethylene signal transduction, disease resistance, and osmotic stress tolerance.