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The transport of hydrophobic insect pheromones through the aqueous medium surrounding their receptors is assisted by pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs). The protein from the silkworm moth Bombyx mori, BmorPBP, exhibits a pH-dependent conformational change postulated to trigger the release of the pheromone bombykol to its receptor. At low pH, an alpha-helix occupies the same binding pocket that houses the pheromone in the BmorPBP-bombykol complex at high pH. We have determined the crystal structure of apo BmorPBP at a resolution of 2.3 angstroms and pH 7.5, which has surprisingly a structure similar to the A-form. These data suggest that BmorPBP undergoes a ligand-dependent conformational change in addition to the previously described pH-dependent conformational change. Analysis of the alpha-helix occupying the binding pocket reveals an amphipathic helix with three acidic residues along one face that are conserved among lepidopteran PBPs and may be involved in a conformational transition of BmorPBP at the receptor membrane.

2FJY is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori Bombyx mori]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2FJY OCA].  

[[Category: Leal, W S.]]

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