Claim · model-written summary
Increased ZmBAG8 expression enlarged stomatal aperture.
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Verbatim
e0“Increased ZmBAG8 expression leads to larger stomatal aperture and normal plant growth.”
t0“maize”
Title
ZmSKIP enhances drought tolerance by reducing stomatal aperture in maize
Yao Wang; Yujiao Zhou; Qimeng Li; et al. PLoS Genetics 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1012077
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Mechanism ZmSKIP enhances drought tolerance in maize.
- Intervention effect Overexpression of ZmSKIP promoted stomatal closure.
- Intervention effect Overexpression of ZmSKIP reduced water loss, with the opposite effect in skip-aa mutants.
- Mechanism ZmSKIP directly binds the TAATA motif in the ZmBAG8 promoter.
- Observation bag8 mutants had decreased water loss under drought stress.
- Observation bag8 mutants had reduced stomatal aperture under drought stress.
- Mechanism ZmBAG8 recruits ZmSKIP in stress granules and decreases its nuclear abundance.
- Association Increased ZmBAG8 expression supported normal plant growth.
- Intervention effect Drought stress abolished the ZmSKIP–ZmBAG8 interaction.
- Mechanism ZmSnRK2.3 phosphorylates ZmSKIP at Ser236 and Ser244 under drought stress.
- Mechanism ZmSnRK2.3 phosphorylation of ZmSKIP enhances drought tolerance through stronger suppression of ZmBAG8 expression.