| Title: | Effects of double-bond configuration on interaction between a moth sex pheromone component and its receptor : A receptor-interaction model based on molecular mechanics |
| Author(s): | Liljefors T; Engtsson M; Hansson BS; |
| Address: | "Department of Organic Chemistry 3 Chemical Center, University of Lund, P.O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The dependence of the electrophysiological activity on the change of double-bond configuration of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate, a pheromone component of the turnip moth,Agrotis segetum, and a dienic analog, (E)-2,(Z)-5-decadienyl acetate, have been investigated by single-cell measurements and molecular mechanics calculations (MM2). A previously reported model for the interaction between a moth sex pheromone component and its receptor has been refined. This new model gives an essentially quantitative correlation between the measured activities and the calculated conformational energies for a biologically active conformation defined by the model. Previously obtained structure-activity results for chain-elongated analogs of (Z)-5-decenyl acetate are significantly improved by the refined model. The effect of a change of the double-bond configuration on the substrate-receptor interaction is not additive but depends on the conformational properties of the entire molecule" |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINELiljefors, T Engtsson, M Hansson, B S eng 1987/10/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 Oct; 13(10):2023-40. doi: 10.1007/BF01041729" |
