The binding affinity of two general odorant binding proteins in Spodoptera frugiperda to general volatiles and insecticides.

Int J Biol Macromol

State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China. Electronic address:

Published: December 2023


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Spodoptera frugiperda is a kind of polyphagous pest, and can damage a large number different host plants around the worldwide. The molecular mechanisms of two general odorant binding proteins (GOBPs) binding with general volatiles and insecticides are still blank. In this study, we investigated the function of two GOBPs in S. frugiperda, by expressing two SfruGOBPs and tested the binding affinities by the fluorescence competition binding assays. The results exhibited that SfruGOBP1 has binding affinities to 4 of 38 general volatiles and 3 of 7 insecticides. In contrast, SfruGOBP2 showed a broader ligand-binding spectrum to 21 volatiles and 4 insecticides, suggesting SfruGOBP2 may plays a more important role in perceiving host volatiles than SfruGOBP1. Furthermore, we used molecular docking and site-directed mutagenesis assay to explored the key amino acid residues of two SfruGOBP to insecticides ligand. This study provides some valuable information to exploring the olfactory mechanism of two GOBPs bound the host plant volatiles and insecticides in S. frugiperda.

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