Odorant Binding and Conformational Dynamics in the Odorant-binding Protein [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 In mammals, the olfactory epithelium secretes odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), which are lipocalins found freely dissolved in the mucus layer protecting the olfactory neurons. OBPs may act as passive transporters of predominantly hydrophobic odorant molecules across the aqueous mucus layer, or they may play a more active role in which the olfactory ...
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Pleiotropic fitness effects of a Drosophila odorant-binding protein. [PDF]
G3 (Bethesda), 2023 Insect odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are members of a rapidly evolving multigene family traditionally thought to facilitate chemosensation. However, studies on DrosophilaObp56hD.
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An Odorant Binding Protein (SaveOBP9) Involved in Chemoreception of the Wheat Aphid Sitobion avenae. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2020 Odorant binding proteins play a key role in the olfactory system and are involved in the odor perception and discrimination of insects. To investigate the potential physiological functions of SaveOBP9 in Sitobion avenae, fluorescence ligand binding ...
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How allosteric mutations control ligand binding in Lipocalin protein: odorant binding protein as a test case. [PDF]
Cell Mol Life SciLipocalins are a family of proteins found in mammals that are essential for the binding and transport of various molecules, but the mechanisms underlying their target recognition are still unclear.
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Organization and function of Drosophila odorant binding proteins
eLife, 2016 Odorant binding proteins (Obps) are remarkable in their number, diversity, and abundance, yet their role in olfactory coding remains unclear. They are widely believed to be required for transporting hydrophobic odorants through an aqueous lymph to ...
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Molecular and cellular organization of odorant binding protein genes in Drosophila. [PDF]
HeliyonChemosensation is important for the survival and reproduction of animals. The odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be involved in chemosensation together with chemosensory receptors.
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Functional characteristics of a novel odorant binding protein in the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Insect olfaction system plays a key role in the foraging food, pollination, mating, oviposition, reproduction and other insect physiological behavior. Odorant binding protein are widely found in the various olfactory sensilla of different insect antennae
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The diverse small proteins called odorant-binding proteins [PDF]
Open Biology, 2018 The term ‘odorant-binding proteins (Obps)’ is used to refer to a large family of insect proteins that are exceptional in their number, abundance and diversity. The name derives from the expression of many family members in the olfactory system of insects
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Biological Roles of Lipocalins in Chemical Communication, Reproduction, and Regulation of Microbiota
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Major evolutionary transitions were always accompanied by genetic remodelling of phenotypic traits. For example, the vertebrate transition from water to land was accompanied by rapid evolution of olfactory receptors and by the expansion of genes encoding
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Proteome response of Tribolium castaneum larvae to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin producing strains. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Susceptibility of Tribolium castaneum (Tc) larvae was determined against spore-crystal mixtures of five coleopteran specific and one lepidopteran specific Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxin producing strains and those containing the structurally unrelated ...
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