Beyond chemoreception: diverse tasks of soluble olfactory proteins in insects
Institute of Plant Protection · Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · +1 more institution
Abstract
Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) and chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are regarded as carriers of pheromones and odorants in insect chemoreception. These proteins are typically located in antennae, mouth organs and other chemosensory structures; however, members of both classes of proteins have been detected recently in other parts of the body and various functions have been proposed. The best studied of these non-sensory tasks is performed in pheromone glands, where OBPs and CSPs solubilise hydrophobic semiochemicals and assist their controlled release into the environment. In some cases the same proteins are expressed in antennae and pheromone glands, thus performing a dual role in receiving and broadcasting the…
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Authors
5- PPPaolo Pelosi
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- IIImmacolata Iovinella
University of Florence
- JZJiao Zhu
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- GWGuirong WangCorresponding
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- FRFrancesca Romana DaniCorresponding
University of Florence
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Pheromone
- Sex pheromone
- Odorant-binding protein
- Cockroach
- Chemical communication
- Mating
- Lipocalin