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Gang Zhang1, Yi Yang1, Yuhan Jing1
1Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China.
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In rice (Oryza sativa L.), the short-chain dehydrogenase protein OsABA2 plays a crucial role in regulating abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis. However, little is known about the other proteins that interact with OsABA2 to regulate ABA biosynthesis. Using yeast two-hybrid screening, we identified a novel OsABA2 interacting protein OsPP2C55, which contains a serine/threonine phosphatase (family 2C) catalytic domain. The yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assay and firefly luciferase complementary imaging (LCI) assay confirmed these interactions. Subsequent studies revealed that saline-alkaline stress significantly downregulated OsPP2C55 gene expression. Meanwhile, we constructed ospp2c55 CRISPR gene knockout (ospp2c55-KO) plants using Agrobacterium genetic transformation. Compared with wild-type plants, ospp2c55-KO plants under saline-alkaline stress exhibited significantly elevated OsABA2 protein levels, leading to substantial increases in ABA content. In addition, ospp2c55-KO plants demonstrated heightened sensitivity to ABA during seed germination. Moreover, ospp2c55-KO plants improved the survival rate and stress-related indices of rice seedlings under saline-alkaline stress, and upregulated the expression of genes related to adversity stress (OsNCED1, OsNCED3, OsABA2, OsSODCc2, and OsCatB). We found that OsPP2C55 plays a negative regulatory role in ABA biosynthesis and saline-alkaline stress tolerance in rice.
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