User:Michael Kerins/Bovine Odorant Binding Protein
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'''''Bovine Odorant Binding Protein''''' | '''''Bovine Odorant Binding Protein''''' | ||
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| - | [[Image:1GT1.jpg|300px|left|thumb| Crystal structure of Bovine Odorant Binding Protein]] [[Image:cow.jpg|300px|right|thumb| Cow]] Bovine | + | [[Image:1GT1.jpg|300px|left|thumb| Crystal structure of Bovine Odorant Binding Protein]] [[Image:cow.jpg|300px|right|thumb| Cow]] Bovine odorant binding protein, '''bOBP''', is a 19 kDa protein found in the nasal mucosa of the ungulate subfamily ''Bovinae''. It is crucial to eliciting a "sense of smell." Although the exact function oBP is not known (in reality, it likely has several functions), the traditional role ascribed to bOBP is to aid in the transport of volatile odorants from the air to an odorant receptor, and to aid in crossing the aqueous mucus layer. To perform this feat, bOBP utilizes two |
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=='''Introduction'''== | =='''Introduction'''== | ||
Revision as of 16:42, 9 April 2011
Bovine Odorant Binding Protein
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Introduction
The need to smell
Test
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Structure
What are the basic parameters of bOBP?
bOBP is a homodimer of two virtually symmetrical subunits held together noncovalently.
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