title: Ethylene insensitivity conferred by Arabidopsis ERS gene.
abstract: ERS (ethylene response sensor), a gene in the Arabidopsis thaliana ethylene hormone-response pathway, was uncovered by cross-hybridization with the Arabidopsis ETR1 gene. The deduced ERS protein has sequence similarity with the amino-terminal domain and putative histidine protein kinase domain of ETR1, but it does not have a receiver domain as found in ETR1. A missense mutation identical to the dominant etr1-4 mutation was introduced into the ERS gene. The altered ERS gene conferred dominant ethylene insensitivity to wild-type Arabidopsis. Double-mutant analysis indicates that ERS acts upstream of the CTR1 protein kinase gene in the ethylene-response pathway.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Meyerowitz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D007613:Kanamycin Resistance; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010641:Phenotype; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C095706:ERS protein, Arabidopsis; D005030:Ethylenes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; C083750:ethylene receptors, plant; C036216:ethylene