Title: | "Biosynthesis and PBAN-regulated transport of pheromone polyenes in the winter moth, Operophtera brumata" |
Author(s): | Wang HL; Zhao CH; Szocs G; Chinta SP; Schulz S; Lofstedt C; |
Address: | "Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. hong-lei.wang@biol.lu.se" |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-013-0292-1 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The trienoic and tetraenoic polyenes, (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene, (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-henicosatriene, and (3Z,6Z,9Z)-1,3,6,9-henicosatetraene were found in the abdominal cuticle and pheromone gland of the winter moth Operophtera brumata L. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), in addition to the previously identified single component sex pheromone (3Z,6Z,9Z)-1,3,6,9-nonadecatetraene. The pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) is involved in the regulation of polyene transport from abdominal cuticle to the pheromone gland. In vivo deuterium labeling experiments showed that (11Z,14Z,17Z)-11,14,17-icosatrienoic acid, the malonate elongation product of linolenic acid, (9Z,12Z,15Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid, is used to produce (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene and (3Z,6Z,9Z)-1,3,6,9-nonadecatetraene" |
Keywords: | Animals Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Insect Proteins/*metabolism Moths/*metabolism Neuropeptides/*metabolism Polyenes/*metabolism Sex Attractants/biosynthesis/*metabolism; |
Notes: | "MedlineWang, Hong-Lei Zhao, Cheng-Hua Szocs, Gabor Chinta, Satya Prabhakar Schulz, Stefan Lofstedt, Christer eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/05/15 J Chem Ecol. 2013 Jun; 39(6):790-6. doi: 10.1007/s10886-013-0292-1. Epub 2013 May 12" |