A (conditional) role for labdane-related diterpenoid natural products in rice stomatal closure

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Rice (Oryza sativa) is the staple food for over half the world's population. Drought stress imposes major constraints on rice yields. Intriguingly, labdane-related diterpenoid (LRD) phytoalexins in maize (Zea mays) affect drought tolerance, as indicated by the increased susceptibility of an insertion mutant of the class II diterpene cyclase ZmCPS2/An2 that initiates such biosynthesis. Rice also produces LRD phytoalexins, utilizing OsCPS2 and OsCPS4 to initiate a complex metabolic network. For genetic studies of rice LRD biosynthesis the fast-growing Kitaake cultivar was selected for targeted mutagenesis via CRISPR/Cas9, with an initial focus on OsCPS2 and OsCPS4. The resulting cps2 and cps4 knockout lines were further crossed to create a cps2x4 double mutant. Both CPSs also were overexpressed. Strikingly, all of the cv Kitaake cps mutants exhibit significantly increased susceptibility to drought, which was associated with reduced stomatal closure that was evident even under well-watered conditions. However, CPS overexpression did not increase drought resistance, and cps mutants in other cultivars did not alter susceptibility to drought, although these also exhibited lesser effects on LRD production. The results suggest that LRDs may act as a regulatory switch that triggers stomatal closure in rice, which might reflect the role of these openings in microbial entry.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:230

Enthalten in:

The New phytologist - 230(2021), 2 vom: 13. Apr., Seite 698-709

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Riqing [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Meimei [VerfasserIn]
Hoffmann, Rachel I [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yushi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Mingcai [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhaohu [VerfasserIn]
Peters, Reuben J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biological Products
Diterpenes
Diterpenoids
Drought
Journal Article
Phytoalexins
Plant Proteins
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Rice
Stomata

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Date Completed 14.05.2021

Date Revised 31.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/nph.17196

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320214303