Journal
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
Volume 67, Issue -, Pages 662-669Publisher
ELSEVIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.09.098
Keywords
Olfactory biosensor; Semiochemical; Insect; Odorant-binding protein; Impedance
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81371643]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China for Distinguished Young Scholars [LR13H180002]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2014FZA5018, 2014XZZX006-06]
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Insects can sensitively and selectively detect thousands of semiochemicals at very low concentrations by their remarkable olfactory systems. As one of the most important olfactory proteins, odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) from insects are the most promising candidates for fabricating biosensors to detect biochemical molecules in the chemical ecology as well as for other biotechnological applications. In this study, we designed an olfactory biosensor by immobilizing OBPs from oriental fruit fly on interdigitated electrodes to detect semiochemicals. After successfully separated and purified, OBPs were immobilized by the special designed polyethylene glycol (PEG), SH-PEG-COOH, to produce a robust sensing membrane. Based on electrochemical sensing, interactions between OBPs and different semiochemicals emitted from host plants of the insect, such as the isoamyl acetate, beta-ionone, and benzaldehyde, could be sensitively detected. With related amino acid residues in the hydrophobic cavities distinguished, the interaction forces between semiochemicals and OBPs were analyzed by molecular docking. Integrated biological olfaction proteins of insects, OBPs based biosensors could not only advance the progress in the understanding of chemical communication systems of insects, but also show promising potentials for biosensing applications in many fields. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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