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Di Zhang1, Xiaoping Ding1, Zhijun Wang1
1College of Agriculture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
Abstract:
Cold stress is a major factor limiting rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity, making it crucial to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying stress responses to develop resilient crops. In this study, we characterized OsZOS2-19, a cold- and abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive C2H2 zinc finger protein, which functions as a transcriptional repressor. Overexpression of OsZOS2-19 in rice lines increases sensitivity to both cold and ABA, reducing cold tolerance, disrupting osmotic balance, and impairing reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging. RNA sequencing revealed that OsZOS2-19 overexpression interfered with key stress-response pathways, including those associated with sugar metabolism and glutathione biosynthesis. These findings suggest that OsZOS2-19 negatively regulates cold tolerance and ABA sensitivity by modulating ROS accumulation and osmotic balance, offering new insights into cold adaptation in rice.
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