Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components

Zhou, Jing-Jiang, Robertson, Giles, He, Xiaoli, Dufour, Samuel, Hooper, Antony M., Pickett, John A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770, Keep, Nicholas H. and Field, Linda M. 2009. Characterisation of Bombyx mori odorant-binding proteins reveals that a general odorant-binding protein discriminates between sex pheromone components. Journal of Molecular Biology 389 (3) , pp. 529-545. 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.015

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Abstract

In many insect species, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are thought to be responsible for the transport of pheromones and other semiochemicals across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs) within the antennal sensilla. In the silkworm Bombyx mori, the OBPs are subdivided into three main subfamilies; pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs), general odorant-binding proteins (GOBPs) and antennal-binding proteins (ABPs). We used the MotifSearch algorithm to search for genes encoding putative OBPs in B. mori and found 13, many fewer than are found in the genomes of fruit flies and mosquitoes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0022-2836
Date of Acceptance:	4 April 2009
Last Modified:	18 Feb 2026 12:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184954

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