Gene Details:

• MSU gene ID: LOC_Os03g56790
• RAPdb gene ID: Os03g0780400
• Gene Symbol: OsADF2
• Genome: MSU7 ,  IRGSP-1.0
• Species: Oryza sativa

Functional Descriptions:

• An ADF isolated from a monocot halophyte, Spartina alterniflora (SaADF2) imparted significantly higher level of drought and salinity tolerance when expressed in rice than its rice homologue OsADF2.
• Rice transgenics constitutively overexpressing SaADF2 (SaADF2-OE) showed better growth, relative water content, and photosynthetic and agronomic yield under drought conditions than wild-type (WT) and OsADF2 overexpressers (OsADF2-OE).
• SaADF2 differs from OsADF2 by a few amino acid residues, including a substitution in the regulatory phosphorylation site serine-6, which accounted for its weak interaction with OsCDPK6 (calcium dependent protein kinase), thus resulting in an increased efficacy of SaADF2 and enhanced cellular actin dynamics.

Function-related keywords:

• drought ,  salinity ,  tolerance ,  yield ,  protein-kinase

Literature:

• An actin-depolymerizing factor from the halophyte smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora (SaADF2), is superior to its rice homolog (OsADF2) in conferring drought and salt tolerance when constitutively overexpressed in rice .  DOI:  10.1111/pbi.12957 ;  PMID:  29851294
• Natural and targeted isovariants of the rice actin depolymerizing factor 2 can alter its functional and regulatory binding properties .  DOI:  10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.07.073 ;  PMID:  30031604

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