Odorant Reception in Insects: Roles of Receptors, Binding Proteins, and Degrading Enzymes

A male-specific odorant receptor conserved through the evolution of sex pheromones in Ostrinia moth species

(2012) Nami Miura et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

A receptor and binding protein interplay in the detection of a distinct pheromone component in the silkmoth Antheraea polyphemus

(2012) Maike Forstner et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

Amino Acid Residues Contributing to Function of the Heteromeric Insect Olfactory Receptor Complex

(2012) Tatsuro Nakagawa et al.   PLoS One

A Unified Nomenclature System for the Insect Olfactory Coreceptor

(2011) L. B. Vosshall et al.   CHEMICAL SENSES

Courtship, aggression and avoidance: Pheromones, receptors and neurons for social behaviors in Drosophila

(2011) Anupama Dahanukar et al.   FLY

Functional dissection of Odorant binding protein genes in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) S. Swarup et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Crystal structure of Apis mellifera OBP14, a C-minus odorant-binding protein, and its complexes with odorant molecules

(2011) Silvia Spinelli et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Characterization of olfactory genes in the antennae of the Southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

(2011) Julien Pelletier et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Dynamic Conformational Equilibria in the Physiological Function of the Bombyx mori Pheromone-Binding Protein

(2011) Erich Michel et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Crystal Structure of Odorant Binding Protein 7 from Anopheles gambiae Exhibits an Outstanding Adaptability of Its Binding Site

(2011) Amandine Lagarde et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Complementary Function and Integrated Wiring of the Evolutionarily Distinct Drosophila Olfactory Subsystems

(2011) A. F. Silbering et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Degradation of Pheromone and Plant Volatile Components by a Same Odorant-Degrading Enzyme in the Cotton Leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis

(2011) Nicolas Durand et al.   PLoS One

Functional agonism of insect odorant receptor ion channels

(2011) P. L. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Single Sex Pheromone Receptor Determines Chemical Response Specificity of Sexual Behavior in the Silkmoth Bombyx mori

(2011) Takeshi Sakurai et al.   PLoS Genetics

Extrusion of the C-terminal helix in navel orangeworm moth pheromone-binding protein (AtraPBP1) controls pheromone binding

(2010) Wei Xu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

NMR Structure of Navel Orangeworm Moth Pheromone-Binding Protein (AtraPBP1): Implications for pH-Sensitive Pheromone Detection,

(2010) Xianzhong Xu et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Broadly and narrowly tuned odorant receptors are involved in female sex pheromone reception in Ostrinia moths

(2010) Nami Miura et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functional characterization of pheromone receptors in the tobacco budworm Heliothis virescens

(2010) G. Wang et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Transmembrane Segment 3 of Drosophila melanogaster Odorant Receptor Subunit 85b Contributes to Ligand-Receptor Interactions

(2010) Andrew S. Nichols et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Knockdown of a Mosquito Odorant-binding Protein Involved in the Sensitive Detection of Oviposition Attractants

(2010) Julien Pelletier et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Odorant Receptor from the Southern House Mosquito Narrowly Tuned to the Oviposition Attractant Skatole

(2010) David T. Hughes et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Odorant reception in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae

(2010) Allison F. Carey et al.   NATURE

Divisive Normalization in Olfactory Population Codes

(2010) Shawn R. Olsen et al.   NEURON

Sex Pheromone Receptor Specificity in the European Corn Borer Moth, Ostrinia nubilalis

(2010) Kevin W. Wanner et al.   PLoS One

The Anopheles gambiae Odorant Binding Protein 1 (AgamOBP1) Mediates Indole Recognition in the Antennae of Female Mosquitoes

(2010) Harald Biessmann et al.   PLoS One

An Odorant Receptor from the Southern House Mosquito Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Sensitive to Oviposition Attractants

(2010) Julien Pelletier et al.   PLoS One

Bombykol receptors in the silkworm moth and the fruit fly

(2010) Z. Syed et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular basis of odor coding in the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae

(2010) G. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crystal and solution structures of an odorant-binding protein from the southern house mosquito complexed with an oviposition pheromone

(2010) Y. Mao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Variant Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors as Chemosensory Receptors in Drosophila

(2009) Richard Benton et al.   CELL

Controversy and consensus: noncanonical signaling mechanisms in the insect olfactory system

(2009) Takao Nakagawa et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Olfactory perireceptor and receptor events in moths: a kinetic model revised

(2009) Karl-Ernst Kaissling   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Characterisation of Bombyx mori Odorant-binding Proteins Reveals that a General Odorant-binding Protein Discriminates Between Sex Pheromone Components

(2009) Jing-Jiang Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Genome Analysis and Expression Patterns of Odorant-Binding Proteins from the Southern House Mosquito Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus

(2009) Julien Pelletier et al.   PLoS One

Olfactory Proteins Mediating Chemical Communication in the Navel Orangeworm Moth, Amyelois transitella

(2009) Walter S. Leal et al.   PLoS One

Structure of an Odorant-Binding Protein from the Mosquito Aedes aegypti Suggests a Binding Pocket Covered by a pH-Sensitive “Lid”

(2009) Ney Ribeiro Leite et al.   PLoS One

Odorant and pheromone receptors in insects

(2009) Tal S. Ha   Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Molecular switches for pheromone release from a moth pheromone-binding protein

(2008) Wei Xu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Activation of Pheromone-Sensitive Neurons Is Mediated by Conformational Activation of Pheromone-Binding Protein

(2008) John D. Laughlin et al.   CELL

Identification of receptors of main sex-pheromone components of three Lepidopteran species

(2008) Hidefumi Mitsuno et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Drosophila odorant receptors are novel seven transmembrane domain proteins that can signal independently of heterotrimeric G proteins

(2008) Renee Smart et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insect olfactory receptors are heteromeric ligand-gated ion channels

(2008) Koji Sato et al.   NATURE

Drosophila odorant receptors are both ligand-gated and cyclic-nucleotide-activated cation channels

(2008) Dieter Wicher et al.   NATURE

Reverse and Conventional Chemical Ecology Approaches for the Development of Oviposition Attractants for Culex Mosquitoes

(2008) Walter S. Leal et al.   PLoS One

Chiral discrimination of the Japanese beetle sex pheromone and a behavioral antagonist by a pheromone-degrading enzyme

(2008) Yuko Ishida et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SNMP is a signaling component required for pheromone sensitivity in Drosophila

(2008) X. Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA