STZ — Glycine max

Summary

GmSTZ (GLYMA_04G044900V4) encodes a C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factor of the AZF1/2/3-like family, with DNA-binding transcription factor activity, transcription corepressor activity, and protein kinase activity. It is associated with responses to water stress, osmotic stress, UV-B light, jasmonic acid, and insect damage, as well as traits including root fresh and dry weight, stem fresh weight, leaf relative water content, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, germination rate, seed dormancy, flowering time, and phosphorus uptake. The gene is linked to hydrogen peroxide metabolism, phosphate homeostasis, unsaturated fatty acid anabolism, camalexin anabolism, and negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to salt, freezing, drought, and heat stress tolerance, anthocyanin and flavonoid biosynthesis, cadmium accumulation, and resistance to herbivory and Botrytis cinerea.