Gene Details:

• MSU gene ID: LOC_Os03g20550
• RAPdb gene ID: Os03g0321700
• Gene Symbol: OsWRKY55 WRKY55a WRKY55b OsWRKY31
• Genome: MSU7 ,  IRGSP-1.0
• Species: Oryza sativa

Functional Descriptions:

• Rice Transcription Factor OsWRKY55 Is Involved in the Drought Response and Regulation of Plant Growth.
• In this study, we found that transgenic rice lines overexpressing OsWRKY55 (OsWRKY55-OE) exhibited reduced drought resistance.
• OsWRKY55 was expressed in various tissues and was induced by drought and abscisic acid (ABA) treatments.
• These results suggest that OsWRKY55 plays a critical role in responses to drought stress and the regulation of plant height in rice, further providing valuable information for crop improvement.
• Furthermore, OsWRKY55 was able to reduce plant height under normal conditions by decreasing the cell size.
• Through yeast two-hybrid assays, we found that OsWRKY55 interacted with four mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) that could be induced by drought, including OsMPK7, OsMPK9, OsMPK20-1, and OsMPK20-4.

Function-related keywords:

• transcription-factor ,  growth ,  resistance ,  drought ,  stress ,  plant-growth ,  abscisic-acid ,  height ,  plant-height ,  protein-kinase ,  drought-stress ,  drought-resistance

Literature:

• Constitutive expression of pathogen-inducible OsWRKY31 enhances disease resistance and affects root growth and auxin response in transgenic rice plants .  DOI:  10.1038/cr.2007.104 ;  PMID:  18071364
• The WRKY Gene Family in Rice (Oryza sativa) .  DOI:  10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00504.x
• Rice Transcription Factor OsWRKY55 Is Involved in the Drought Response and Regulation of Plant Growth .  DOI:  10.3390/ijms22094337 ;  PMID:  33919349

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: AK101653  , BK005034
• UniProt accessions:

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