LUSH正在形成在嗅觉中扮演主角的角色
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
概括
果中的气味结合蛋白质LUSH在与费洛蒙结合时会改变形状. 这种形状变化,而不是被动运输,激活了嗅觉神经元.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 昆虫的嗅觉是昆虫的嗅觉.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 气味结合蛋白 (OBPs) 对于昆虫的嗅觉至关重要,它们分泌到感觉性淋巴浴嗅觉受体神经元中.
- 德洛索菲拉黑菌中的蛋白质LUSH是一种经过充分研究的OBP,涉及到费洛蒙检测.
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