Axonal Odorant Receptors Mediate Axon Targeting
Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: In mammals, odorant receptors not only detect odors but also define the target in the olfactory bulb, where sensory neurons project to give rise to the sensory map.
Ilaria Zamparo +12 more
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Two odorant receptors regulate 1-octen-3-ol induced oviposition behavior in the oriental fruit fly. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2023 Gravid female fruit flies show a strong preference to 1-octen-3-ol, a volatile compound from mango. Two odorant receptors are shown to regulate 1- octen-3-ol induced oviposition behaviour.
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The role of the odorant receptors in the formation of the sensory map. [PDF]
BMC Biol, 2021 In the olfactory system, odorant receptors (ORs) expressed at the cell membrane of olfactory sensory neurons detect odorants and direct sensory axons toward precise target locations in the brain, reflected in the presence of olfactory sensory maps.
Francia S, Lodovichi C.
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Functional properties of insect olfactory receptors: ionotropic receptors and odorant receptors. [PDF]
Cell Tissue Res, 2021 The majority of insect olfactory receptors belong to two distinct protein families, the ionotropic receptors (IRs), which are related to the ionotropic glutamate receptor family, and the odorant receptors (ORs), which evolved from the gustatory receptor ...
Wicher D, Miazzi F.
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Structural basis of odor sensing by insect heteromeric odorant receptors. [PDF]
ScienceMost insects, including human-targeting mosquitoes, detect odors through odorant-activated ion channel complexes consisting of a divergent odorant-binding subunit (OR) and a conserved co-receptor subunit (Orco).
Zhao J, Chen AQ, Ryu J, Del Mármol J.
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Odorant Receptors for Detecting Flowering Plant Cues Are Functionally Conserved across Moths and Butterflies. [PDF]
Mol Biol Evol, 2021 Odorant receptors (ORs) are essential for plant–insect interactions. However, despite the global impacts of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) as major herbivores and pollinators, little functional data are available about Lepidoptera ORs involved in ...
Guo M +11 more
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GPCRdb in 2025: adding odorant receptors, data mapper, structure similarity search and models of physiological ligand complexes. [PDF]
Nucleic Acids ResG protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane-spanning transducers mediating the actions of numerous physiological ligands and drugs. The GPCR database GPCRdb supports a large global research community with reference data, analysis, visualization ...
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Reverse chemical ecology in a moth: machine learning on odorant receptors identifies new behaviorally active agonists. [PDF]
Cell Mol Life Sci, 2021 The concept of reverse chemical ecology (exploitation of molecular knowledge for chemical ecology) has recently emerged in conservation biology and human health. Here, we extend this concept to crop protection.
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Key Food Furanones Furaneol and Sotolone Specifically Activate Distinct Odorant Receptors.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021 Furanones formed during the Maillard reaction often are natural aroma-determining compounds found in numerous foods. Prominent economically relevant representatives are the structural homologues Furaneol and sotolone, which are important natural ...
F. Haag, S. Hoffmann, D. Krautwurst
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Deciphering the relationship between molecules, olfactory receptors (ORs) and corresponding odors remains a challenging task. It requires a comprehensive identification of ORs responding to a given odorant.
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