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N 6 -Methyladenosine (m 6 A) RNA methylation plays important roles during development in different species. However, knowledge of m 6 A RNA methylation in monocots remains limited. In this study, we reported that  OsFIP  and  OsMTA2  are the components of m 6 A RNA methyltransferase complex in rice and uncovered a previously unknown function of m 6 A RNA methylation in regulation of plant sporogenesis. Importantly,  OsFIP  is essential for rice male gametogenesis. Knocking out of  OsFIP  results in early degeneration of microspores at the vacuolated pollen stage and simultaneously causes abnormal meiosis in prophase I. We further analyzed the profile of rice m 6 A modification during sporogenesis in both WT and OsFIP loss-of-function plants, and identified a rice panicle specific m 6 A modification motif “UGWAMH”. Interestingly, we found that  OsFIP  directly mediates the m 6 A methylation of a set of threonine protease and NTPase mRNAs and is essential for their expression and/or splicing, which in turn regulates the progress of sporogenesis. Our findings revealed for the first time that  OsFIP  plays an indispensable role in plant early sporogenesis. This study also provides evidence for the different functions of the m 6 A RNA methyltransferase complex between rice and Arabidopsis.

The subunit of RNA N6-methyladenosine methyltransferase OsFIP regulates early degeneration of microspores in rice