Na Li, Renke Dong, Huanchao Zeng, Yan Zhang, Run Huang, Wei Liu, Fengming Cao, Jincong Yu, Mingtao Liao, Jingyou Chen, Wenlei Zhang, Zejian Huang, Jiahui Wang, Li Li, Shen Zhu, Danyan Huang, Zining Li, Xiaoshuai Zhang, Dongwei Yuan, Nan Chen, Yongliang Fan, Guirong Wang, Coby Schal, Yufeng Pan, Sheng Li
Volatile sex pheromones are vital for sexual communication between males and females. Females of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, produce and emit two sex pheromone components, periplanone-A (PA) and periplanone-B (PB). Although PB is the major sex attractant and can attract males, how it interacts with PA in regulating sexual behaviors is still unknown. In this study, we found that in male cockroaches, PA counteracted PB attraction. We identified two odorant receptors (ORs), OR53 and OR100, as PB/PA and PA receptors, respectively...
March 22, 2024: Science China. Life Sciences