PMID- 35049071 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220428 LR - 20220428 IS - 1399-3054 (Electronic) IS - 0031-9317 (Linking) VI - 174 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Mar TI - OsCyp2-P, an auxin-responsive cyclophilin, regulates Ca(2+) calmodulin interaction for an ion-mediated stress response in rice. PG - e13631 LID - 10.1111/ppl.13631 [doi] AB - OsCYP2-P is an active cyclophilin (having peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans-isomerase activity, PPIase) isolated from the wild rice Pokkali having a natural capacity to grow and yield seeds in coastal saline regions of India. Transcript abundance analysis in rice seedlings showed the gene is inducible by multiple stresses, including salinity, drought, high temperature, and heavy metals. To dissect the role of OsCYP2-P gene in stress response, we raised overexpression (OE) and knockdown (KD) transgenic rice plants with >2-3 folds higher and approximately 2-fold lower PPIase activity, respectively. Plants overexpressing this gene had more favorable physiological and biochemical parameters (K(+) /Na(+) ratio, electrolytic leakage, membrane damage, antioxidant enzymes) than wild type, and the reverse was observed in plants that were knocked down for this gene. We propose that OsCYP2-P contributes to stress tolerance via maintenance of ion homeostasis and thus prevents toxic cellular ion buildup and membrane damage. OE plants were found to have a higher harvest index and higher number of filled grains under salinity and drought stress than wild type. OsCYP2-P interacts with calmodulin, indicating it functions via the Ca-CaM pathway. Compared to the WT, the germinating OE seeds exhibited a substantially higher auxin level, and this hormone was below the detection limits in the WT and KD lines. These observations strongly indicate that OsCyp2-P affects the signaling and transport of auxin in rice. CI - (c) 2022 Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society. FAU - Roy, Suchismita AU - Roy S AD - School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. FAU - Mishra, Manjari AU - Mishra M AD - School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. FAU - Kaur, Gundeep AU - Kaur G AD - Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. FAU - Singh, Supreet AU - Singh S AD - Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. FAU - Rawat, Nishtha AU - Rawat N AD - School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. FAU - Singh, Prabhjeet AU - Singh P AD - Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. FAU - Singla-Pareek, Sneh L AU - Singla-Pareek SL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0521-2622 AD - Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India. FAU - Pareek, Ashwani AU - Pareek A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2923-0681 AD - School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. AD - National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali, India. LA - eng GR - Ministry of Science and Technology/ GR - Department of Biotechnology/ PT - Journal Article PL - Denmark TA - Physiol Plant JT - Physiologia plantarum JID - 1256322 RN - 0 (Calmodulin) RN - 0 (Indoleacetic Acids) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - EC 5.2.1.- (Cyclophilins) SB - IM MH - Calmodulin/genetics/metabolism MH - Cyclophilins/genetics/metabolism MH - Droughts MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant MH - Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism MH - *Oryza/metabolism MH - Plant Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics MH - Stress, Physiological/genetics EDAT- 2022/01/21 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/29 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/20 09:09 PHST- 2021/12/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/12/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/20 09:09 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ppl.13631 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Physiol Plant. 2022 Mar;174(2):e13631. doi: 10.1111/ppl.13631.