ArticleJournal of chemical ecology1988
Properties of cuticular oxidases used for sex pheromone biosynthesis byHeliothis zea.
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- Fatty Acid Origin of Insect Pheromones.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Stored alcohol and fatty acid intermediates and the biosynthesis of sex pheromone aldehyde in the moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2024Article
- Exploring the Terminal Pathway of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis and Metabolism in the Silkworm.Insects · 2021Article
- The Effect of Pheromone Synthesis and Gland Retraction on Translocation and Dynamics of Pheromone Release in the Moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
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- Production and Distribution of Aldehyde and Alcohol Sex Pheromone Components in the Pheromone Gland of Females of the Moth Chloridea virescens.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
- Carabidae Semiochemistry: Current and Future Directions.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Review
- Alcohol Contributes to Attraction of Heliothis (= Chloridea) virescens Males to Females.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
- The Dynamics of Pheromone Gland Synthesis and Release: a Paradigm Shift for Understanding Sex Pheromone Quantity in Female Moths.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
- Differential Pheromone Sampling of the Gland of Female Heliothis Virescens Moths Reveals Glandular Differences in Composition and Quantity.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
- Identification of the pheromone biosynthesis genes from the sex pheromone gland transcriptome of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Solid-phase microextraction-based cuticular hydrocarbon profiling for intraspecific delimitation in Acyrthosiphon pisum.PloS one · 2017Article
- Disposable Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-Coated Fused Silica Optical Fibers for Sampling Pheromones of Moths.PloS one · 2016Article
- Analysis of the Agrotis segetum pheromone gland transcriptome in the light of sex pheromone biosynthesis.BMC genomics · 2015Article
- Drosophila cuticular hydrocarbons revisited: mating status alters cuticular profiles.PloS one · 2010Article
- Contemporary frontiers in insect semiochemical research.Journal of chemical ecology · 1988Article
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Abstract
Biosynthesis of the aldehydic sex pheromone components released by females ofHeliothis zea was found to be catalyzed by primary alcohol oxidases residing in the cuticle that covers the glands. Activity, as indicated by conversion of primary alcohol to aldehyde, was as high in cell-free cuticle as it was in intact pheromone glands. Studies indicated that some activity was associated with the surface of the epicuticle and could be removed, into buffer, by sonication. However, the majority of activity lies within the inner epicuticle and exo- and endocuticular layers. The oxidase was not functional in pharate pupae that did not have mature adult cuticle but became functional just prior to adult emergence. The enzyme in individual glands was saturated at alcohol concentrations above 100 n. moles. Nonionic detergents did not affect the activity of the oxidase in the cuticle but treatment with either 7 M urea or 1% SDS resulted in total loss of activity. Studies on the effect of pH indicated an optimum at 6.4; however, activity was high throughout the range of 5-9. The oxidase was functional in both dichloromethane and hexane, suggesting that this enzyme system may have applications for organic synthesis of aldehydes.
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