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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2013, Vol. 12 Issue (5): 853-861    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60304-4
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Functional Characteristics of a Novel Chemosensory Protein in the Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)
 ZHANG Tian-tao, WANG Wei-xuan, ZHANG Zi-ding, ZHANG Yong-jun , GUO Yu-yuan
1.State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests/Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
2.State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
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摘要  A chemosensory protein named HarmCSP5 in cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) was obtained from antennal cDNA libraries and expressed in Escherichia coli. The real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) results indicated that HarmCSP5 gene was mainly expressed in male and female antennae but also expressed in female legs and wings. Competitive binding assays were performed to test the binding affinity of recombinant HarmCSP5 to 60 odor molecules including some cotton volatiles. The resules showed that HarmCSP5 showed strong binding abilities to 4-ehtylbenzaldehyde and 3,4-dimethlbenz aldehyde, whereas methyl phenylacetate, 2-decanone, 1-pentanol, carvenol, isoborneol, nerolidol, 2- nonanone and ethyl heptanoate have relatively weak binding affinity. Moreover, the predicted 3D model of HarmCSP5 consists of six α-helices located among residues 33-38 (α1), 40-48 (α2), 62-72 (α3), 80-96 (α4), 98-108 (α5), and 116-119 (α6), two pairs of disulfide bridges Cys49-Cys55, Cys75-Cys78. The two amino acid residues, Ile94 and Trp101, may play crucial roles in HarmCSP5 binding with ligands and need further study for confirmation.

Abstract  A chemosensory protein named HarmCSP5 in cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) was obtained from antennal cDNA libraries and expressed in Escherichia coli. The real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) results indicated that HarmCSP5 gene was mainly expressed in male and female antennae but also expressed in female legs and wings. Competitive binding assays were performed to test the binding affinity of recombinant HarmCSP5 to 60 odor molecules including some cotton volatiles. The resules showed that HarmCSP5 showed strong binding abilities to 4-ehtylbenzaldehyde and 3,4-dimethlbenz aldehyde, whereas methyl phenylacetate, 2-decanone, 1-pentanol, carvenol, isoborneol, nerolidol, 2- nonanone and ethyl heptanoate have relatively weak binding affinity. Moreover, the predicted 3D model of HarmCSP5 consists of six α-helices located among residues 33-38 (α1), 40-48 (α2), 62-72 (α3), 80-96 (α4), 98-108 (α5), and 116-119 (α6), two pairs of disulfide bridges Cys49-Cys55, Cys75-Cys78. The two amino acid residues, Ile94 and Trp101, may play crucial roles in HarmCSP5 binding with ligands and need further study for confirmation.
Keywords:  Helicoverpa armigera       chemosensory protein       expression characteristics       competitive binding assay       3D structure model  
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This work was supported by the National 973 Program of China (2012CB114104) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31171858).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence GUO Yu-yuan, Tel/Fax: +86-10-62894786; E-mail: yuyuanguo@hotmail.com; ZHANG Yong-jun, Tel: +86-10-62815929, E-mail: yjzhang@ippcaas.cn     E-mail:  yuyuanguo@hotmail.com
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ZHANG Tian-tao, WANG Wei-xuan, ZHANG Zi-ding, ZHANG Yong-jun , GUO Yu-yuan. 2013. Functional Characteristics of a Novel Chemosensory Protein in the Cotton Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner). Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 12(5): 853-861.

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