An antennal carboxylesterase from Drosophila melanogaster, esterase 6, is a candidate odorant-degrading enzyme toward food odorants

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Chertemps, Thomas ^a   Younus, Faisal ^b,c   Steiner, Claudia ^a   Durand, Nicolas ^a   Coppin, Chris W ^b   Pandey, Gunjan ^b   Oakeshott, John G ^b   Maïbèche, Martine ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Carboxylesterase; Drosophila melanogaster; Electroantennogram; Enzyme activity assays; Odorant degrading enzyme; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; ESTERASE; ESTERASE 6; PENTYL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EST 6 GENE; FOOD; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84949552587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00315     Document Type: Article

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