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  1. Significance Abscisic acid (ABA) is a phytohormone that plants utilize to coordinate responses to abiotic stress, modulate seed dormancy, and is central to plant development in several contexts. Chemicals that activate or block ABA signaling are useful as research tools and as potential agrochemical leads. Many successes have been reported for ABA activators (agonists), but existing ABA blockers (antagonists) are limited by modest in vivo activity. Here we report antabactin (ANT), a potent ABA blocker developed using “click chemistry”–based diversification of a known ABA activator. Structural studies reveal, ANT disrupts signaling by stabilizing ABA receptors in an unproductive form. ANT can accelerate seed germination in multiple species, making it a chemical tool for improving germination. 
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