Environmental stresses such as drought, high salinity, and low temperature can adversely modulate the field crop's ability by altering the morphological, physiological, and biochemical processes of the plants. It is estimated that about 50% + of the productivity of several crops is limited due to various types of abiotic stresses either presence alone or in combination (s). However, there are two ways plants can survive against these abiotic stresses; a) through management practices and b) through adaptive mechanisms to tolerate plants. These adaptive mechanisms of tolerant plants are mostly linked to their signalling transduction pathway, triggering the action of plant transcription factors and controlling the expression of various stress-regulated genes. In recent times, several studies found that Zn-finger motifs have a significant function during abiotic stress response in plants. In the first report, a wide range of Zn-binding motifs has been recognized and termed Zn-fingers. Since the zinc finger motifs regulate the function of stress-responsive genes. The Zn-finger was first reported as a repeated Zn-binding motif, comprising conserved cysteine (Cys) and histidine (His) ligands, in Xenopus laevis oocytes as a transcription factor (TF) IIIA (or TFIIIA). In the proteins where Zn2+ is mainly attached to amino acid residues and thus espousing a tetrahedral coordination geometry. The physical nature of Zn-proteins, defining the attraction of Zn-proteins for Zn2+, is crucial for having an in-depth knowledge of how a Zn2+ facilitates their characteristic function and how proteins control its mobility (intra and intercellular) as well as cellular availability. The current review summarized the concept, importance and mechanisms of Zn-finger motifs during abiotic stress response in plants.

Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Molecular Breeding College of Basic Science and Humanities Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Samastipur India

Department of Agronomy and Agroforestry Centurion University of Technology and Management Paralakhemundi Odisha India

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture University of Nebraska Lincoln Scottsbluff NE United States

Department of Agronomy Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University PUSA Samastipur Bihar India

Department of Botany and Plant Physiology Faculty of Agrobiology Food and Natural Resources Czech University of Life Sciences Prague Prague Czechia

Department of Crop Physiology and Biochemistry Sri University Cuttack Odisha India

Department of Environmental Science University of Kalyani Nadia West Bengal India

Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra Slovakia

Division of Agronomy Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Dinajpur Bangladesh

Institute of Plant and Environmental Sciences Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra Slovakia

School of Agricultural Sciences Sharda University Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh India

School of Agriculture and Rural Development Faculty Centre for Integrated Rural Development and Management Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Narendrapur Kolkata India

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