Gene Details:

• MSU gene ID: LOC_Os08g20580
• RAPdb gene ID: Os08g0300366
• Gene Symbol: OsCTZFP8
• Genome: MSU7 ,  IRGSP-1.0
• Species: Oryza sativa

Functional Descriptions:

• Overexpression of a New Zinc Finger Protein Transcription Factor OsCTZFP8 Improves Cold Tolerance in Rice.
• In the present study, we isolated and functionally characterized a new C2H2 zinc finger protein transcription factor OsCTZFP8 in rice.
• These results demonstrate that OsCTZFP8 was a C2H2 zinc finger transcription factor that plays an important role in cold tolerance in rice.
• Transgenic rice overexpressing OsCTZFP8 exhibited cold tolerant phenotypes with significantly higher pollen fertilities and seed setting rates than nontransgenic control plants.
• Expression of OsCTZFP8 was differentially induced by several abiotic stresses and was strongly induced by cold stress.
• OsCTZFP8 encodes a C2H2 zinc finger protein, which contains a typical zinc finger motif, as well as a potential nuclear localization signal (NLS) and a leucine-rich region (L-box).
• Subcellular localization assay and yeast one-hybrid analysis revealed that OsCTZFP8 was a nuclear protein and has transactivation activity.
• To characterize the function of OsCTZFP8 in rice, the full-length cDNA of OsCTZFP8 was isolated and transgenic rice with overexpression of OsCTZFP8 driven by the maize ubiquitin promoter was generated using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.

Function-related keywords:

• transcription-factor ,  pollen ,  seed ,  tolerance ,  cold-tolerance ,  cold-stress ,  abiotic-stress ,  stress ,  zinc ,  biotic-stress ,  R-protein ,  Ubiquitin

Literature:

• Overexpression of a New Zinc Finger Protein Transcription Factor OsCTZFP8 Improves Cold Tolerance in Rice .  DOI:  10.1155/2018/5480617 ;  PMID:  29951522

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