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

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 372, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 559-564

  Xu, Wei ^a   Leal, Walter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombykol; Insect olfaction; pH dependent conformational change; Pheromone; Pheromone binding protein

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORMONE RELEASE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON TRANSPORT; SILKWORM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ALCOHOLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BOMBYCIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 45449117863     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.087     Document Type: Article

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