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Odorant Receptors and Cancer

Receptors
Odorant receptors (ORs) constitute the largest family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), with nearly 400 receptors identified in humans. The “omics” era has revealed an unexpected expression of ORs beyond olfactory tissues.
Rafaella G. Naressi, Bettina Malnic, Luciana M. Gutiyama   +2 more
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Heteromeric Anopheline odorant receptors exhibit distinct channel properties. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundInsect odorant receptors (ORs) function as odorant-gated ion channels consisting of a conventional, odorant-binding OR and the Orco coreceptor.
Gregory M Pask, Patrick L Jones, Michael Rützler, David C Rinker, Laurence J Zwiebel   +4 more
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Genome-wide identification of candidate chemosensory receptors in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae) and the functional verification of its odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) in recognizing aggregation pheromone

Frontiers in Physiology, 2023
A sophisticated and sensitive olfactory system plays a vital role in the survival and reproduction of insects. Chemosensory receptors are indispensable for the molecular recognition and discrimination of semiochemicals. Riptortus pedestris is a notorious
Panjing Liu, Jianglong Guo, Hongyi Wei, Likai Feng, Zhanlin Gao, Tao Zhang   +5 more
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Insect odorant response sensitivity is tuned by metabotropically autoregulated olfactory receptors. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Insects possess one of the most exquisitely sensitive olfactory systems in the animal kingdom, consisting of three different types of chemosensory receptors: ionotropic glutamate-like receptors (IRs), gustatory receptors (GRs) and odorant receptors (ORs).
Merid N Getahun, Shannon B Olsson, Sofia Lavista-Llanos, Bill S Hansson, Dieter Wicher   +4 more
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Identification of Genes Involved in Chemoreception in Plutella xyllostella by Antennal Transcriptome Analysis

Scientific Reports, 2017
Perception of environmental and habitat cues is of significance for insect survival and reproduction. Odor detection in insects is mediated by a number of proteins in antennae such as odorant receptors (ORs), ionotropic receptors (IRs), odorant binding ...
Shiyong Yang, Depan Cao, Guirong Wang, Yang Liu   +3 more
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Expanding the olfactory code by in silico decoding of odor-receptor chemical space

eLife, 2013
Coding of information in the peripheral olfactory system depends on two fundamental factors: interaction of individual odors with subsets of the odorant receptor repertoire and mode of signaling that an individual receptor-odor interaction elicits ...
Sean Michael Boyle, Shane McInally, Anandasankar Ray   +2 more
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Identification of candidate chemosensory genes by transcriptome analysis in Loxostege sticticalis Linnaeus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Loxostege sticticalis Linnaeus is an economically important agricultural pest, and the larvae cause great damage to crops, especially in Northern China.
Hong-Shuang Wei, Ke-Bin Li, Shuai Zhang, Ya-Zhong Cao, Jiao Yin   +4 more
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Molecular recognition of an odorant by the murine trace amine-associated receptor TAAR7f

Nature Communications
There are two main families of G protein-coupled receptors that detect odours in humans, the odorant receptors (ORs) and the trace amine-associated receptors (TAARs).
Anastasiia Gusach, Yang Lee, Armin Nikpour Khoshgrudi, Elizaveta Mukhaleva, Ning Ma, Eline J. Koers, Qingchao Chen, Patricia C. Edwards, Fanglu Huang, Jonathan Kim, Filippo Mancia, Dmitry B. Veprintsev, Nagarajan Vaidehi, Simone N. Weyand, Christopher G. Tate   +14 more
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Identification of Candidate Olfactory Genes in the Antennal Transcriptome of Loxostege sticticalis Trapped by Three Different Sex Pheromone Blends

Insects
Insects sense intraspecific or interspecific information about the chemical substances in the habitat through the sensitive olfactory system to carry out foraging, mating, oviposition, and other activities.
Mengke Zhang, Sumei Zhao, Zhiping Xue, Jiaying Sun, Jiangning Hao, Fengzhi Deng, Junxia Huang, Caroline Du, Yongjun Du   +8 more
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Evaluation of the DREAM Technique for a High-Throughput Deorphanization of Chemosensory Receptors in Drosophila

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2018
In the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster, the majority of olfactory receptors mediating the detection of volatile chemicals found in their natural habitat have been functionally characterized (deorphanized) in vivo. In this process, receptors have been
Sarah Koerte, Ian W. Keesey, Mohammed A. Khallaf, Lucas Cortés Llorca, Ewald Grosse-Wilde, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden   +6 more
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