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J Neurosci

Title:		"Cloning and expression of a queen pheromone-binding protein in the honeybee: an olfactory-specific, developmentally regulated protein"
Author(s):		Danty E; Briand L; Michard-Vanhee C; Perez V; Arnold G; Gaudemer O; Huet D; Huet JC; Ouali C; Masson C; Pernollet JC;
Address:		"Centre Europeen des Sciences du Gout, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unite 'Olfaction, Gustation, Nutrition,' 21000 Dijon, France"
Journal Title:		J Neurosci
Year:		1999
Volume:		19
Issue:		17
Page Number:		7468 - 7475
DOI:		10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-17-07468.1999
ISSN/ISBN:		1529-2401 (Electronic) 0270-6474 (Print) 0270-6474 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are small abundant extracellular proteins thought to participate in perireceptor events of odor-pheromone detection by carrying, deactivating, and/or selecting odor stimuli. The honeybee queen pheromone is known to play a crucial role in colony organization, in addition to drone sex attraction. We identified, for the first time in a social insect, a binding protein called antennal-specific protein 1 (ASP1), which binds at least one of the major queen pheromone components. ASP1 was characterized by cDNA cloning, expression in Pichia pastoris, and pheromone binding. In situ hybridization showed that it is specifically expressed in the auxiliary cell layer of the antennal olfactory sensilla. The ASP1 sequence revealed it as a divergent member of the insect OBP family. The recombinant protein presented the exact characteristics of the native protein, as shown by mass spectrometry, and N-terminal sequencing and exclusion-diffusion chromatography showed that recombinant ASP1 is dimeric. ASP1 interacts with queen pheromone major components, opposite to another putative honeybee OBP, called ASP2. ASP1 biosynthetic accumulation, followed by nondenaturing electrophoresis during development, starts at day 1 before emergence, in concomitance with the functional maturation of olfactory neurons. The isobar ASP1b isoform appears simultaneously to ASP1a in workers, but only at approximately 2 weeks after emergence in drones. Comparison of in vivo and heterologous expressions suggests that the difference between ASP1 isoforms might be because of dimerization, which might play a physiological role in relation with mate attraction"
Keywords:		"Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Bees/genetics/*physiology Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis/chemistry/*genetics Chemoreceptor Cells/physiology Cloning, Molecular DNA Primers DNA, Complementary Female *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental *Insec;"
Notes:		"MedlineDanty, E Briand, L Michard-Vanhee, C Perez, V Arnold, G Gaudemer, O Huet, D Huet, J C Ouali, C Masson, C Pernollet, J C eng Comparative Study Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1999/08/25 J Neurosci. 1999 Sep 1; 19(17):7468-75. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-17-07468.1999"