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. 1976 May 28;192(4242):894-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.1273573.

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

J H Borden, L Chong, J A McLean, K N Slessor, K Mori

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

J H Borden et al. Science. .

Abstract

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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