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Rice PROTEIN L-ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASES provides tolerance against sheath blight disease and repairs ALDH and PBZ1

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By Shikha Gautam, Nitin Kamble, Rakesh Kumar Achary, Ravindra Kumar Chandan, Vishal Varshney, Abhijit Hazra, Gopaljee Jha, Saroj Laha, Shivangi Mahawar, Sohela Mehandiratta, Sarvanand Singh, Manoj Majee
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Abstract Protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) regulates key seed traits and abiotic stress tolerance in plants by repairing isoaspartyl (isoAsp) damaged proteins. However, whether PIMT-mediated repair is induced and is required during biotic stress tolerance remains unknown. Using rice lines with OsPIMT overexpression, RNAi-mediated suppression, and genome editing, we show that PIMT enhances tolerance to sheath blight (ShB) caused by Rhizoctonia solani.
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