Updated project metadata. Protein lysine acetylation (KAC) is a dynamic and reversible post-translational modification, playing important biological roles in many organisms.Here, we reported results from a proteomic investigation to detect KAC status of the developing rice anthers near the time of meiosis (RAM), providing strong biochemical evidence for roles of many KAC-affected proteins during rice anther development and meiosis. We identified a total of 1,354 KAC sites in 676 proteins.