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[[Image:Bombyx mori.jpg|thumb|upright=2|''Bombyx mori'', the silk moth, picture by [https://www.flickr.com/photos/depredator007/2522038240/ Fernando Cuenca]]] | |||
[[Image:Bombykol.png|thumb|upright=1|Bombykol, a sex pheromone of ''Bombyx mori'', from [http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Bombykol#section=Top PubChem]]] | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Odorant-binding protein (OBP) are soluble proteins which involve in the processes of odorant detection in the olfactory sensilla <ref name="Pelosi 2014">doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00320</ref> | Odorant-binding protein (OBP) are soluble proteins which involve in the processes of odorant detection in the olfactory sensilla <ref name="Pelosi 2014">doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00320</ref>. Though functionally same, vertebrates and insects OBP have different origin and structure. | ||
Though functionally same, vertebrates and insects OBP have different origin and structure. | |||
OBPs are important for insect olfaction. For instance, OBP76a (LUSH) in the fly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster ''Drosophila melanogaster''] is required for the detection of the pheromone vaccenyl acetate <ref name="Xu 2005">doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.12.031</ref> and has been proven to adopt a conformation that activates the odorant receptor <ref name="Laughlin 2008">doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.046</ref>. | OBPs are important for insect olfaction. For instance, OBP76a (LUSH) in the fly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster ''Drosophila melanogaster''] is required for the detection of the pheromone vaccenyl acetate <ref name="Xu 2005">doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.12.031</ref> and has been proven to adopt a conformation that activates the odorant receptor <ref name="Laughlin 2008">doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.046</ref>. | ||
==OBP in insects== | ==OBP in insects== | ||
