Paper · 2026 · The Crop Journal

Monoacylglycerol lipase ZmMAGL is required to maintain photosynthesis and growth at low temperature

Ming Yang; Yuan Jiang; Yuanjia Fu; et al.

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Abstract

The monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is a key enzyme in the lipid metabolism pathway which products fatty acids and could play an important role in plant growth and stimulus response. However, the underlying mechanism through which MAGL regulates chilling tolerance in plants is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the ZmMAGL could be a positive regulator in plants to enhance chilling tolerance. Loss of function on MAGL resulted in slow growth, leaf chlorosis, and decreased photosynthetic capacity in both maize and Arabidopsis under chilling conditions. We show that the ZmMAGL directly interacts with ZmEULS3 for regulating chilling tolerance together. In addition, the ZmFBIP could enhance the ZmMAGL activity by binding to its promoter region. Further multi-omics analysis revealed that the ZmMAGL could be involved in fatty acid remodeling under chilling stress to maintain photosynthesis capacity and regular growth. These results uncover a ZmFBIP-ZmMAGL/ZmEULS3 regulation module which plays an essential role for growth and development through regulating the photosynthesis and lipid metabolism in maize under chilling stress.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Loss of function of MAGL in maize caused slow growth, leaf chlorosis and decreased photosynthetic capacity under chilling conditions.

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maizeZea mayse0
Treatment
Loss of function on MAGLe0
Gene
MAGLe0
Outcome
slow growth, leaf chlorosis, and decreased photosynthetic capacitye0
Direction
decreasede0
Qualifier
under chilling conditionse0

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Zea mays
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“Loss of function on MAGL resulted in slow growth, leaf chlorosis, and decreased photosynthetic capacity in both maize and Arabidopsis under chilling conditions”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Loss of function of MAGL in Arabidopsis caused slow growth, leaf chlorosis and decreased photosynthetic capacity under chilling conditions.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsise0
Treatment
Loss of function on MAGLe0
Gene
MAGLe0
Outcome
slow growth, leaf chlorosis, and decreased photosynthetic capacitye0
Direction
decreasede0
Qualifier
under chilling conditionse0

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“Loss of function on MAGL resulted in slow growth, leaf chlorosis, and decreased photosynthetic capacity in both maize and Arabidopsis under chilling conditions”

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Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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ZmMAGL could act as a positive regulator enhancing chilling tolerance in maize.

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maizeZea mayse1
Gene
ZmMAGLe0
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chilling tolerancee0
Qualifier
positive regulatore0

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Zea mays
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“Here, we demonstrate that the ZmMAGL could be a positive regulator in plants to enhance chilling tolerance”

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“in maize under chilling stress”

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

ZmMAGL directly interacts with ZmEULS3, and together they regulate chilling tolerance in maize.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse1
Gene
ZmMAGLe0
Outcome
chilling tolerancee0
Qualifier
directly interacts with ZmEULS3e0

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Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“We show that the ZmMAGL directly interacts with ZmEULS3 for regulating chilling tolerance together”

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“in maize under chilling stress”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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ZmFBIP could enhance ZmMAGL activity by binding to its promoter region in maize.

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maizeZea mayse1
Gene
ZmFBIPe0
Outcome
ZmMAGL activitye0
Qualifier
binding to its promoter regione0

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Zea mays
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“the ZmFBIP could enhance the ZmMAGL activity by binding to its promoter region”

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“in maize under chilling stress”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1103–1133 · show in text ↑
Mechanismhypothesisoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Multi-omics analysis indicated that ZmMAGL could be involved in fatty acid remodeling under chilling stress, maintaining photosynthesis capacity and regular growth in maize.

Taxon
maizeZea mayse1
Treatment
chilling stresse0
Gene
ZmMAGLe0
Outcome
photosynthesis capacity and regular growthe0
Qualifier
fatty acid remodelinge0

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Zea mays
Zea mays · TaxonAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Further multi-omics analysis revealed that the ZmMAGL could be involved in fatty acid remodeling under chilling stress to maintain photosynthesis capacity and regular growth”

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“in maize under chilling stress”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1103–1133 · show in text ↑

loss of function · physiology: photosynthesis · ArabidopsisPositive and negative results

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