Title

Odorant Binding Proteins: a key player in the sense of smell

Authors

Govindaraju Archunan^1*

Affiliation

¹Centre for Pheromone Technology (CPT), Department of Animal Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli- 620 024. TN, India;

Email

garchu56@yahoo.co.in;

Article Type

Views

Date

Received January 1, 2018; Revised January 29, 2018; Accepted January 29, 2018; Published January 31, 2018

Olfaction is an important mechanism by which humans and animals communicate with environment. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) play crucial role in the olfactory mechanism. Here, we briefly discuss about the role of OBPs and their importance in industrial, pest management and therapeutic developments.

Keywords

olfaction, pheromone, smell, OBP, olfactory receptor

Citation

Archunan. Bioinformation 14(1): 036-037 (2018)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.