Gnathotrichus sulcatus: synergistic response to enantiomers of the aggregation pheromone sulcatol.
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.
D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D000442:Octanols / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D000442:Octanols; D010675:Pheromones; C009344:sulcatol