Effects of ATP on the interaction of albumin and its C-terminal amino acid l-alanine with the “sugar” receptor cell in Protophormia terraenovae (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

• Published in: Journal of insect physiology Vol. 41; no. 8; pp. 717 - 721
• Main Authors: Liscia, A., Stoffolano, J.G., Barbarossa, I.Tomassini, Muroni, P., Crnjar, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 1995
• Subjects: Albumin; Amino acids; ATP; Blowflies; Calliphoridae; Diptera; Protophormia terraenovae; Reception; Blowflies; Albumin; Amino acids; Reception; ATP

Stimulation with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and its C-terminal amino acid l-alanine evokes spike activity from the “sugar” cell of the labellar chemosensilla in Protophormia. The presence of ATP in the BSA solution strongly enhances this effect, but is pH-dependent. On the contrary, addition of ATP...