ArticlePloS one2014
An odorant-binding protein is abundantly expressed in the nose and in the seminal fluid of the rabbit.
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- Vulpeculin: a novel and abundant lipocalin in the urine of the common brushtail possum,Open biology · 2020Article
- Nasal mucus glutathione transferase activity and impact on olfactory perception and neonatal behavior.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Protein- and Peptide-Based Biosensors in Artificial Olfaction.Trends in biotechnology · 2018Review
- The human olfactory cleft mucus proteome and its age-related changes.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Two Engineered OBPs with opposite temperature-dependent affinities towards 1-aminoanthracene.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Odorant binding protein 69a connects social interaction to modulation of social responsiveness in Drosophila.PLoS genetics · 2018Article
- Niemann-Pick C2 Proteins: A New Function for an Old Family.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
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- Reverse chemical ecology: Olfactory proteins from the giant panda and their interactions with putative pheromones and bamboo volatiles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017Article
- Soluble proteins of chemical communication: an overview across arthropods.Frontiers in physiology · 2014Review
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Abstract
We have purified an abundant lipocalin from the seminal fluid of the rabbit, which shows significant similarity with the sub-class of pheromone carriers "urinary" and "salivary" and presents an N-terminal sequence identical with that of an odorant-binding protein (rabOBP3) expressed in the nasal tissue of the same species. This protein is synthesised in the prostate and found in the seminal fluid, but not in sperm cells. The same protein is also expressed in the nasal epithelium of both sexes, but is completely absent in female reproductive organs. It presents four cysteines, among which two are arranged to form a disulphide bridge, and is glycosylated. This is the first report of an OBP identified at the protein level in the seminal fluid of a vertebrate species. The protein purified from seminal fluid is bound to some organic chemicals whose structure is currently under investigation. We reasonably speculate that, like urinary and salivary proteins reported in other species of mammals, this lipocalin performs a dual role, as carrier of semiochemicals in the seminal fluid and as detector of chemical signals in the nose.
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