Dimerisation of the Drosophila odorant coreceptor Orco

Odorant receptors (ORs) detect volatile molecules and transform this external information into an intracellular signal. Insect ORs are heteromers composed of two seven transmembrane proteins, an odor-specific OrX and a coreceptor (Orco) protein. These ORs form ligand gated cation channels that condu...

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Main Authors: Mukunda, Latha, Lavista-Llanos, Sofia, Hansson, Bill S., Wicher, Dieter
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147393/