Structure of Bombyx mori chemosensory protein 1 in solution
Författare
Summary, in English
Chemosensory Proteins (CSPs) represent a family of conserved proteins found in insects that may be involved in chemosensory functions. BmorCSP1 is expressed mainly in antennae and legs of the silkworm moth Bombyx morii and was cloned from antennal cDNA. Here we report the determination of the structure of Bombyx mori CSP1 (BmorCSP1) by NMR. The overall fold of BmorCSP1 is globular and comprises six a-helices. These helices span residues 10-14, 17-27, 35-49, 57-72, 75-85, and 92-100. The internal hydrophobic sides of the helices are formed mostly by leucine and isoleucine residues and, therefore, well suited to constitute a binding site for hydrophobic ligands.
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
135-145
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
Volym
66
Issue
3
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Ämne
- Zoology
- Biological Sciences
Nyckelord
- Bombyx mori
- chemosensory proteins
- NMR
Status
Published
Projekt
- Evolutionary mechanisms of pheromone divergence in Lepidoptera
Forskningsgrupp
- Pheromone Group
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1520-6327