Beyond chemoreception: diverse tasks of soluble olfactory proteins in insects

P Pelosi, I Iovinella, J Zhu, G Wang… - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Odorant‐binding proteins (OBPs) and chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are regarded as
carriers of pheromones and odorants in insect chemoreception. These proteins are typically …

Advances in the identification and characterization of olfactory receptors in insects

N Montagné, A De Fouchier, RD Newcomb… - Progress in molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Olfactory receptors (ORs) are the key elements of the molecular machinery responsible for
the detection of odors in insects. Since their initial discovery in Drosophila melanogaster at …

Antennal Transcriptome Analysis and Comparison of Chemosensory Gene Families in Two Closely Related Noctuidae Moths, Helicoverpa armigera and H. assulta

J Zhang, B Wang, S Dong, D Cao, J Dong, WB Walker… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
To better understand the olfactory mechanisms in the two lepidopteran pest model species,
the Helicoverpa armigera and H. assulta, we conducted transcriptome analysis of the adult …

A phylogenomics approach to characterizing sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs) in Lepidoptera

HJ Zhang, W Xu, Q Chen, LN Sun, A Anderson… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs) play a critical role in the insect olfactory
system but there is a deficit of functional studies beyond Drosophila. Here, we use a …

Biotype Characterization, Developmental Profiling, Insecticide Response and Binding Property of Bemisia tabaci Chemosensory Proteins: Role of CSP in Insect …

G Liu, H Ma, H Xie, N Xuan, X Guo, Z Fan… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are believed to play a key role in the chemosensory process
in insects. Sequencing genomic DNA and RNA encoding CSP1, CSP2 and CSP3 in the …

Tissue-specific transcriptomics, chromosomal localization, and phylogeny of chemosensory and odorant binding proteins from the red flour beetle Tribolium …

S Dippel, G Oberhofer, J Kahnt, L Gerischer, L Opitz… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background Chemoreception is based on the senses of smell and taste that are crucial for
animals to find new food sources, shelter, and mates. The initial step in olfaction involves the …

Different binding properties of two general-odorant binding proteins in Athetis lepigone with sex pheromones, host plant volatiles and insecticides

XQ Zhang, Q Yan, LL Li, JW Xu, D Mang… - Pesticide biochemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Athetis lepigone (Alep) is a polyphagous pest native to Europe and Asia that has
experienced major outbreaks in the summer maize area of China since 2011 and has …

Antenna-predominant and male-biased CSP19 of Sesamia inferens is able to bind the female sex pheromones and host plant volatiles

YN Zhang, ZF Ye, K Yang, SL Dong - Gene, 2014 - Elsevier
Insect chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are proposed to capture and transport hydrophobic
chemicals across the sensillum lymph to olfactory receptors (ORs), but this has not been …

CRISPR/Cas9 mediated gene knockout reveals a more important role of PBP1 than PBP2 in the perception of female sex pheromone components in Spodoptera litura

GH Zhu, MY Zheng, JB Sun, SA Khuhro, Q Yan… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Three different pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) can typically be found in the sensilla
lymph of noctuid moth antennae, but their relative contributions in perception of the sex …

Binding properties of chemosensory protein 12 in Riptortus pedestris to aggregation pheromone (E)-2-hexenyl (Z)-3-hexenoate

MZ Yin, JQ Li, Q Liu, S Ma, ZZ Hu, XZ Liu… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Riptortus pedestris (bean bug), a common soybean pest, has a highly developed olfactory
system to find hosts for feeding and oviposition. Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) have been …