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- Title
Pheromone Binding to General Odorant-binding Proteins from the Navel Orangeworm.
- Authors
Zhao Liu; Vidal, Diogo M.; Syed, Zainulabeuddin; Ishida, Yuko; Leal, Walter S.
- Abstract
General odorant-binding proteins (GOBPs) of moths are postulated to be involved in the reception of semiochemicals other than sex pheromones, the so-called “general odorants.” We have expressed two GOBPs, AtraGOBP1 and AtraGOBP2, which were previously isolated from the antennae of the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella. Surprisingly, these two proteins did not bind compounds that are known to attract adult moths, particularly females. The proper folding and functionality of the recombinant proteins was inferred from circular dichroism analysis and demonstration that both GOBPs bound nonanal in a pH-dependent manner. EAG experiments demonstrated that female attractants (1-phenylethanol, propionic acid phenyl ester, and isobutyric acid phenyl ester) are detected with high sensitivity by the antennae of day-0 to day-4 adult females, with response declining in older moths. The same age-dependence was shown for male antennae responding to constituents of the sex pheromone. Interestingly, AtraGOBP2 bound the major constituent of the sex pheromone, Z11Z13-16Ald, with affinity comparable to that shown by a pheromone-binding protein, AtraPBP1. The related alcohol bound to AtraPBP1 with higher affinity than to AtraGOBP2. AtraGOBP1 bound both ligands with low but nearly the same affinity.
- Subjects
PHEROMONES; NAVEL orangeworm; PROTEINS; DICHROISM; ANIMAL sexual behavior; GENE expression
- Publication
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 7, p787
- ISSN
0098-0331
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10886-010-9811-5