Binding of the general odorant binding protein of Bombyx mori BmorGOBP2 to the moth sex pheromone components.

Insects use olfactory cues to locate hosts and mates. Pheromones and other semiochemicals are transported in the insect antenna by odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), which ferry the signals across the sensillum lymph to the olfactory receptors (ORs). In the silkworm, Bombyx mori (L.