Structural aspects of sexual attraction and chemical communication in insects

M Tegoni, V Campanacci, C Cambillau - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2004 - cell.com
In the animal kingdom, the relationship between individuals and the environment is often
modulated by chemical communication. In the olfaction of insects, small antennary proteins …

Enantiomeric discrimination in insects: the role of OBPs and ORs

C Sims, MA Birkett, DM Withall - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Insects use olfaction, ie, their sense of smell, to detect odors that elicit
behavioral responses, with structurally similar compounds eliciting different responses. The …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular basis of pheromone detection in insects

RG Vogt - Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry …, 2005 - Citeseer
Molecular Basis of Pheromone Detection in Insects Page 1 Molecular Basis of Pheromone
Detection in Insects Richard G. Vogt Department of Biological Sciences, University of South …

Structure of a specific alcohol-binding site defined by the odorant binding protein LUSH from Drosophila melanogaster

SW Kruse, R Zhao, DP Smith, DNM Jones - Nature Structural & …, 2003 - nature.com
We have solved the high-resolution crystal structures of the Drosophila melanogaster
alcohol-binding protein LUSH in complex with a series of short-chain n-alcohols. LUSH is …

Biochemical diversity of odor detection: OBPs, ODEs and SNMPs

RG Vogt - Insect pheromone biochemistry and molecular biology, 2003 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Insects decode their olfactory environment using olfactory sensilla with
diverse odor-sensitive phenotypes. The three types of proteins involved in the biochemistry …

Chemosensory proteins in the honey bee: Insights from the annotated genome, comparative analyses and expressional profiling

S Forêt, KW Wanner, R Maleszka - Insect biochemistry and molecular …, 2007 - Elsevier
Small chemosensory proteins (CSPs) belong to a conserved, but poorly understood protein
family that has been implicated in transporting chemical stimuli within insect sensilla …

Analysis of the Insect OS-D-Like Gene Family

KW Wanner, LG Willis, DA Theilmann… - Journal of Chemical …, 2004 - Springer
Insect OS-D-like proteins, also known as chemosensory (CSP) or sensory appendage
proteins (SAP), are broadly expressed in various insect tissues, where they are thought to …

Identification and expression pattern of the chemosensory protein gene family in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

DP Gong, H Zhang, P Zhao, Y Lin, QY Xia… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Insect chemosensory proteins (CSPs) as well as odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) have
been supposed to transport hydrophobic chemicals to receptors on sensory neurons …

Moth chemosensory protein exhibits drastic conformational changes and cooperativity on ligand binding

V Campanacci, A Lartigue… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) have been proposed to transport hydrophobic chemicals
from air to olfactory or taste receptors. They have been isolated from several sensory organs …

Functional Characterizations of Chemosensory Proteins of the Alfalfa Plant Bug Adelphocoris lineolatus Indicate Their Involvement in Host Recognition

SH Gu, SY Wang, XY Zhang, P Ji, JT Liu, GR Wang… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Insect chemosensory proteins (CSPs) have been proposed to capture and transport
hydrophobic chemicals from air to olfactory receptors in the lymph of antennal …