Gnathotrichus sulcatus: synergistic response to enantiomers of the aggregation pheromone sulcatol

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Science 28 May 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4242, pp. 894 - 896
DOI: 10.1126/science.1273573

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Science, Vol 192, Issue 4242, 894-896
Copyright © 1976 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Gnathotrichus sulcatus: synergistic response to enantiomers of the aggregation pheromone sulcatol

JH Borden, L Chong, JA McLean, KN Slessor, and K Mori

In laboratory and field bioassays, Gnathotrichus sulcatus responded to sulcatol (6-methyl-5-hepten-2-ol) only when both enantiomers were present. Response was greater to racemic sulcatol than to a mixture (65 : 35) of S-(+) and R-(-) enantiomers, the naturally occurring isomeric ratio. Enantiomer-specific active sites on receptor proteins in the same or different cells are implicated.

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