title: EARLY RESPONSIVE to DEHYDRATION 15, a new transcription factor that integrates stress signaling pathways.
abstract: The Early Responsive to Dehydration (ERD) genes are defined as those genes that are rapidly activated during drought stress. The encoded proteins show a great structural and functional diversity, with a particular class of proteins acting as connectors of stress response pathways. Recent studies have shown that ERD15 proteins from different species of plants operate in cross-talk among different response pathways. In this mini-review, we show the recent progress on the functional role of this diverse family of proteins and demonstrate that a soybean ERD15 homolog can act as a connector in stress response pathways that trigger a programmed cell death signal.
authors: Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular/BIOAGRO, National Institute of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interactions, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais Brazil.
authors: Murilo S
authors: MS
authors: Alves
authors: Elizabeth P B
authors: EP
authors: Fontes
authors: Luciano G
authors: LG
authors: Fietto
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003681:Dehydration / Q000235:genetics*; D055864:Droughts; D059865:Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C441601:ERD15 protein, Arabidopsis; D014157:Transcription Factors