“…Arabidopsis encodes one SR45 gene ( AtSR45 ) that produces seven different mature transcripts via alternative splicing, while the rice genome harbours two SR45 gene copies because of duplication (Ali et al , ; Narsai et al , ). In addition to U1 snRNP 70K, several other SR proteins, including SC34‐like (SR33), RSZ1, SR30, SR34, and spliceosomal components SKIP and CACTIN, interact with SR45 to regulate pre‐mRNA splicing (Golovkin and Reddy, ; Mayeda et al , ; Golovkin and Reddy, ; Carvalho et al , ; Wang et al , ; Baldwin et al , ; Stankovic et al , ). Recent studies have indicated that SR45 plays an essential role in plant growth and adaptation to environment stress (Carvalho et al , ; Xing et al , ; Carvalho and Szakonyi, ; Albaqami et al , ).…”