LUSHは,嗅覚における主役の役割を演じようとしています
1Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. stowers@scripps.edu
Cell
|July 1, 2008
まとめ
フルーツハエの匂いを結合するタンパク質LUSHは,フェロモンと結合すると形を変えます. この形状の変化は,受動的輸送ではなく,嗅覚ニューロンを活性化させます.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- 昆虫の嗅覚は,昆虫の嗅覚というものです.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- オドラント結合タンパク質 (OBP) は,昆虫の嗅覚に不可欠であり,センシルラムリンパ浴嗅覚受容体ニューロンに分泌されます.
- ドロソフィラ・メラノガスター (Drosophila melanogaster) のLUSHタンパク質は,フェロモン検出に関与するよく研究されたOBPです.
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