@Article{phyton.2022.023738,
AUTHOR = {Sushuang Liu, Yanmin Liu, Chundong Liu, Xingwang Yu, Hao Ma},
TITLE = {Chickpea C2H2-Type Zinc Finger Protein ZF2 is a Positive Regulator in Drought Response in Arabidopsis},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {92},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {577--590},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v92n2/50121},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {Drought is a major abiotic stress limiting agricultural crops production worldwide. In our study, we isolated a novel C2H2-type zinc finger protein gene <i>ZF2</i> from chickpea. ZF2 consisted of 232 amino acids with two QALGGH motifs in Cys2/His2 zinc finger domain. Transient expression analysis of ZF2:GFP fusion protein showed that ZF2 was a nuclear localized protein. In the yeast assay system, the full-length of ZF2 did not show transcriptional activation. Expression of <i>ZF2</i> gene was enhanced by treatments of several abiotic stresses and phytohormones. The promoter region of <i>ZF2</i> contained multiple stress- and hormone-related cis-elements. Overexpression of <i>ZF2</i> in Arabidopsis significantly improved the root length and fresh weight at seedling stage and enhanced the survival rates and proline content under drought treatment. These results indicated that ZF2 functioned as a positive regulator in drought response.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2022.023738}
}