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Calmodulin regulates the olfactory performance in Drosophila melanogaster.
Scientific reports - 12 Feb 2021
Jain Kalpana, Lavista-Llanos Sofia, Grabe Veit, Hansson Bill S, Wicher Dieter
Abstract excerpt
Insect odorant receptors (ORs) detect volatile chemical cues with high sensitivity. These ORs operate as ligand-gated ion channels and are formed by heptahelical OrX and Orco (co-receptor) proteins. A highly conserved calmodulin (CaM) binding site (CBS) 336SAIKYWVER344 within the second intracellular loop of Drosophila melanogaster Orco constitutes a target for regulating OR performance. Here we asked how a point...
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