Eastern honeybee Apis cerana sense cold flowering plants by increasing the static binding affinity of odorant-binding protein to cold floral volatiles from loquats

This study suggests that OBP2 is functionally similar and universal in binding to different flower volatiles at low temperatures. Our studies interpreted a novel olfactory mechanism of A. cerana sensing loquat floral volatiles in cold early winter, and enrich a theoretical molecular basis for the temperature-adaptive ecological mechanism of insects' pollination.PMID:36646342 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123227
Source: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Source Type: research