This review describes the main characteristics of odorant‐binding proteins (OBP s) for
homology modelling and presents a summary of structure prediction studies on insect OBP …

Sex pheromone communication, acting as a prezygotic barrier to mating, is believed to have
contributed to the speciation of moths and butterflies in the order Lepidoptera. Five decades …

Abstract The Asian corn borer Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is a serious corn
pest with widespread distribution in East Asia. Its olfactory mechanism is a focus of scientific …

Three different pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) can typically be found in the sensilla
lymph of noctuid moth antennae, but their relative contributions in perception of the sex …

Insect pheromone binding proteins (PBPs) are believed to solubilize and transport
hydrophobic sex pheromones across sensillum lymph to membrane-associated pheromone …

Background The red turpentine beetle (RTB), Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is a destructive invasive pest of conifers which has become the …

Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs), a sub-family of odorant-binding proteins, are thought
primarily to bind and transport the sex pheromones in moths. Considering multiple …

Pheromone-binding proteins (PBPs) were formerly thought to act as passive pheromone
carriers. However, recent studies, particularly in Drosophila melanogaster, suggest that …

In lepidopteran insects, odorant receptors are involved in the perception of sex pheromones
and general odorants. In the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis, although several …

Odorant reception in insects is mediated by different families of olfactory proteins. Here we
focus on the characterization of odorant-binding proteins (OBPs),“plus-C” odorant-binding …