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CHEMICAL SENSES
卷 38, 期 5, 页码 409-419出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjt012
关键词
arthropods; chemical communication; protein expression; sensory appendage protein; tryptophan fluorescence
资金
- European Union [FP7-222927]
- MIUR-FIRB (Ministero dell' Istruzione, dell' Universita e della Ricerca - Fondo per gli Investimenti della Ricerca di Base) [RBFR106NTE]
Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are a class of small proteins expressed only in arthropods and endowed with heterogeneous functions. Some of them are involved in chemical communications, others in development or other physiological roles. The numbers of CSPs in different species of insects range from 4 in Drosophila to at least 70 in locusts, whereas in other arthropods such as crustaceans and millipedes, only 23 very similar sequences have been reported in each species. We have expressed, in a bacterial system, 5 of the 8 CSPs predicted by the genome of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae, 4 identified at the protein level (SAP1, SAP2, SAP3, and CSP3) and a fifth annotated as part of this work, obtaining the proteins with high yields and in their soluble forms. Purified CSPs have been used to study their ligand-binding properties, both using competitive binding assays and quenching of intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence, in order to get insights into their physiological functions. The agreement between the 2 sets of data supports the assumptions that the ligands, including the fluorescent reporter, bind within the core of the proteins. Their different affinities toward a set of pure chemicals suggest specific roles in chemical communication.
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