Abstract:We used Xu rice No.4 as materials, Oryza sativas transient expression vectors were constructed and the method of bioinformatics and RTPCR were used to design the semiquantitative and quantitative primers of five OsCaMs. We identified the OsCaMs gene induced by ABA and analyzed its physiological function to lay the foundation for further research on the core components of ABA signal transduction. (1)The results showed that their CDS are 450 bp. Treatment with 100 μmol·L-1ABA could induce the gene expression of OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 obviously. (2)The vectors (35SOsCaM11YFP, 35SOsCaM12YFP) were then transformed into rice protoplasts by PEG method. Subcellular localization analysis by confocallaser microscopy showed that the two genes are located in the nucleus, cytoplasm and plasma. Then the doublestranded RNA interference (RNAi) of OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 were constructed. (3)The analysis of transient expression and RNAi silencing of OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 in rice protoplasts indicated that OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 required for ABAinduced have an obvious influence on the activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The activities of antioxidant protective enzymes APX and SOD in rice protoplasts were significantly increased by 35% and 31%, respectively, after ABA induction, overexpressing the two genes in the protoplasts resulted in a fold increase in APX and SOD activities between 1.15 and 1.45 fold. APX and SOD activities were reduced by between 25% and 30% when silencing OsCaM11 and OsCaM12. (4)Treating the rice with H2O2, we found that exogenous H2O2(10 mmol·L-1 ) treatment can induce gene expression of OsCaM11 and OsCaM12. And overexpressing OsCaM12 in protoplast increased the production of H2O2. (5)The analysis of transient expression in rice protoplasts showed that overexpression of OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 can induce gene expression of OsrbohB and OsrbohE; while overexpression of OsrbohB and OsrbohE can induce gene expression of OsCaM11 and OsCaM12.So between OsCaMs and Osrbohs exists a positive feedback regulation mechanism. Overall, OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 are homologous genes involved in the regulation of antioxidant defense by ABA, these 2 genes can regulate the activities of oxidative protective enzymes in ABA signaling. OsCaM11 and OsCaM12 are induced not only by ABA, but also by H2O2 and they are induced by ABA through H2O2.