| Title: | Identification and Gene Expression Analysis of the Pheromone Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide Receptor (PBANR) From the Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) |
| Author(s): | Luo M; Zhou XC; Wang Z; Chen JX; Chung H; Wei HY; |
| Address: | "College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1536-2442 (Electronic) 1536-2442 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Pheromonal communication is important in insect mate finding and reproduction. Identifying components of pest insect pheromone system is a first step to disrupt pest insect reproduction. In this study, we identified and cloned the pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor (PBANR) from the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), which is one of the most damaging pests of corn and other crops in parts of Asia and Australia. The O. furnacalis PBANR (OstfuPBANR) gene has an ORF of 1,086 bp and encoded 362 amino acids with seven transmembrane domains and had a high sequence identity to known lepidopteran PBANRs. Expression analysis showed that OstfuPBANR was highly expressed in the pheromone glands compared with other tissues, consistent with other studies. Interestingly, OstfuPBANR was expressed higher in the larval stages compared to the pupal or adult stages, suggesting that OstfuPBANR may have broad functions in larva beyond adult pheromone synthesis" |
| Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Female Gene Expression Insect Proteins/genetics/metabolism Moths/genetics/*metabolism Pheromones/biosynthesis Receptors, Neuropeptide/genetics/*metabolism Sequence Analysis, DNA Asian corn borer expression pattern;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineLuo, Mei Zhou, Xiao-Cao Wang, Zinan Chen, Jun-Xian Chung, Henry Wei, Hong-Yi eng 2019/06/22 J Insect Sci. 2019 Mar 1; 19(2):25. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iez033" |
