STZ — Arabidopsis thaliana

Summary

AT1G27730, also known as STZ, ZAT10, or salt tolerance zinc finger, encodes a C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factor with DNA-binding, transcription corepressor, and protein kinase activities. In Arabidopsis thaliana, this gene is directly associated with salinity tolerance, heat tolerance, and cold-responsive gene transcription. It is linked to numerous biological processes including photoprotection, priming of cellular stress responses, negative regulation of transcription, induced systemic resistance via jasmonic acid signaling, and regulation of stomatal complex patterning. The gene has been connected to traits such as freezing stress response, water stress response, UV-B light sensitivity, osmotic response sensitivity, and salt response. It is also associated with plant growth, drought stress response, cadmium tolerance, photooxidative stress tolerance, and resistance to herbivory. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to drought tolerance and pathogen response.