Paolo Pelosi

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pisa
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Binding of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to mutants of odorant-binding protein: a first step towards biosensors for environmental monitoring
    Yin Wei
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1784:666-71. 2008
  2. ncbi The role of perireceptor events in vertebrate olfaction
    P Pelosi
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Cell Mol Life Sci 58:503-9. 2001
  3. ncbi Diversity of odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in insects
    Paolo Pelosi
    University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy and China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Chem Senses 30:i291-2. 2005
  4. ncbi Soluble proteins in insect chemical communication
    P Pelosi
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa Italy, Agrarie via S Michele, 4, 56124, Pisa, Italy
    Cell Mol Life Sci 63:1658-76. 2006
  5. ncbi Odorant-binding proteins: structural aspects
    P Pelosi
    Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 855:281-93. 1998
  6. ncbi Differential expression of odorant-binding proteins in the mandibular glands of the honey bee according to caste and age
    Immacolata Iovinella
    Department of Biology of Agricultural Plants, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    J Proteome Res 10:3439-49. 2011
  7. ncbi Plant stress proteins of the thaumatin-like family discovered in animals
    Anna Brandazza
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Via S. Michele, 4, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    FEBS Lett 572:3-7. 2004
  8. ncbi Chemosensory proteins of Locusta migratoria
    L Ban
    Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Insect Mol Biol 12:125-34. 2003
  9. ncbi Amino acid sequence, post-translational modifications, binding and labelling of porcine odorant-binding protein
    S Paolini
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Chem Senses 23:689-98. 1998
  10. ncbi Cloning and expression of odorant-binding proteins Ia and Ib from mouse nasal tissue
    D Pes
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Gene 212:49-55. 1998

Collaborators

  • Y Yan
  • Beniamino Caputo
  • L Zhang
  • A Scaloni
  • Kostas Iatrou
  • Jing Jiang Zhou
  • Fang Yu
  • Jurgen Krieger
  • Francesca Bonci
  • Mauro Pistello
  • Stefano Turillazzi
  • H Christiansen
  • M Weber
  • L M Amzel
  • Solomon H Snyder
  • H Breer
  • G Freer
  • John A Pickett
  • J N Flynn
  • Immacolata Iovinella
  • Francesca Romana Dani
  • M Calvello
  • L Ban
  • Anna Brandazza
  • Liping Ban
  • Ya Lan Sun
  • Yu feng Sun
  • Elena Michelucci
  • Huili Qiao
  • A Brandazza
  • Alberto Niccolini
  • Angelo Gazzano
  • Sha Li
  • Yin Wei
  • Simona Tomaselli
  • Barbara D'Innocenzo
  • Sergio Angeli
  • F R Dani
  • Andrea Mazzatenta
  • Christian Cambillau
  • Mariella Tegoni
  • S Marchese
  • Silvia Spinelli
  • D Pes
  • Hui li Qiao
  • Xin Ling Yang
  • Donatella Battaglia
  • Ling Qiao Huang
  • Shao Xiang Yang
  • Filomena De Biasio
  • Lea Riviello
  • Chen Zhu Wang
  • Yun Ling
  • Patrizia Falabella
  • Linda Field
  • Xiaoli He
  • Alessandra della Torre
  • Danuta Schymura
  • Simona Sagona
  • Antonio Felicioli
  • Qiao Chuanling
  • Shidong Ji
  • Jean François Picimbon
  • Yunchao Kan
  • Anna Maria Salzano
  • Domenico Sanfelice
  • Teodorico Tancredi
  • S Paolini
  • Carlo Sorce
  • Chiara D'Ambrosio
  • Rainer Wechselberger
  • Delia Picone
  • Rolf Boelens
  • Orlando Crescenzi
  • Eiso Ab
  • A Felicioli
  • A Navarrini
  • Alessandro Cellerino
  • S Angeli
  • Y Yahn
  • N Guerra
  • M A Bianchet
  • Florence Vincent
  • M Garibotti
  • V Carbone
  • M Mameli
  • A Amoresano
  • I Andreini
  • E Napolitano
  • H L Monaco

Detail Information

Publications28

  1. ncbi Binding of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to mutants of odorant-binding protein: a first step towards biosensors for environmental monitoring
    Yin Wei
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1784:666-71. 2008
    ....
  2. ncbi The role of perireceptor events in vertebrate olfaction
    P Pelosi
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Cell Mol Life Sci 58:503-9. 2001
    ..Such similarities, together with anatomical and behavioural evidence, suggest that OBPs may be involved in the perception of pheromones...
  3. ncbi Diversity of odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in insects
    Paolo Pelosi
    University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy and China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Chem Senses 30:i291-2. 2005
  4. ncbi Soluble proteins in insect chemical communication
    P Pelosi
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa Italy, Agrarie via S Michele, 4, 56124, Pisa, Italy
    Cell Mol Life Sci 63:1658-76. 2006
    ..Finally, we discuss current ideas and models of the role of such proteins in insect chemoreception...
  5. ncbi Odorant-binding proteins: structural aspects
    P Pelosi
    Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 855:281-93. 1998
    ..In some cases the amino acid residues involved in ligand binding have been identified with the use of photoaffinity label analogues...
  6. ncbi Differential expression of odorant-binding proteins in the mandibular glands of the honey bee according to caste and age
    Immacolata Iovinella
    Department of Biology of Agricultural Plants, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
    J Proteome Res 10:3439-49. 2011
    ..The high expression of different OBPs in the mandibular glands suggests that such proteins could be involved in solubilization and release of semiochemicals...
  7. ncbi Plant stress proteins of the thaumatin-like family discovered in animals
    Anna Brandazza
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Via S. Michele, 4, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    FEBS Lett 572:3-7. 2004
    ..A three-dimensional model of S. gregaria TLP suggests a glucanase function. As in plants, TLPs could play a defense role in insects against pathogens...
  8. ncbi Chemosensory proteins of Locusta migratoria
    L Ban
    Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Insect Mol Biol 12:125-34. 2003
    ..One of these isoforms has been expressed in a bacterial system with high yield and used in a fluorescent binding assay. Competitive binding experiments have indicated the presence of long-chain compounds among the best ligands...
  9. ncbi Amino acid sequence, post-translational modifications, binding and labelling of porcine odorant-binding protein
    S Paolini
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Chem Senses 23:689-98. 1998
    ..These compounds together with other ligands were able to bind the protein as revealed by competitive binding experiments...
  10. ncbi Cloning and expression of odorant-binding proteins Ia and Ib from mouse nasal tissue
    D Pes
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Gene 212:49-55. 1998
    ..In-situ hybridisation has revealed identical expression patterns for the two proteins, further supporting the heterodimeric structure of these proteins in the nasal mucus...
  11. ncbi Soluble proteins of chemical communication in the social wasp Polistes dominulus
    M Calvello
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, Via S. Michele 4, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Cell Mol Life Sci 60:1933-43. 2003
    ..OBPs isolated from the wings were found to be associated with a number of long-chain aliphatic amides and other small organic molecules. Binding of these ligands and other related compounds was measured for both recombinant OBP and CSP...
  12. ncbi Two odorant-binding proteins mediate the behavioural response of aphids to the alarm pheromone (E)-ß-farnesene and structural analogues
    Yu feng Sun
    Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie, Pisa, Italy
    PLoS ONE 7:e32759. 2012
    ..Recently odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) have been shown to play a central role in olfactory recognition, thus becoming the target of choice for designing new semiochemicals...
  13. ncbi Intriguing similarities between two novel odorant-binding proteins of locusts
    Fang Yu
    Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 385:369-74. 2009
    ..In immunocytochemistry, antibodies against LmigOBP2 strongly stained the outer lymph of sensilla chaetica of the antennae, in contrast with LmigOBP1, previously reported in sensilla basiconica...
  14. ncbi AIDS vaccination studies with an ex vivo feline immunodeficiency virus model: analysis of the accessory ORF-A protein and DNA as protective immunogens
    Mauro Pistello
    Dipartimento di Patologia Sperimentale, Universita di Pisa, Via San Zeno 37, I 56127 Pisa, Italy
    J Virol 80:8856-68. 2006
    ....
  15. ncbi Biochemical characterization and bacterial expression of an odorant-binding protein from Locusta migratoria
    L Ban
    Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Cell Mol Life Sci 60:390-400. 2003
    ..This is the first report of an odorant-binding protein identified and characterized from Orthoptera...
  16. ncbi The three-dimensional structure of bovine odorant binding protein and its mechanism of odor recognition
    M A Bianchet
    Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Pisa, Italy
    Nat Struct Biol 3:934-9. 1996
    ....
  17. ncbi Lipocalins of boar salivary glands binding odours and pheromones
    S Marchese
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Italy
    Eur J Biochem 252:563-8. 1998
    ..The protein also binds 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, a good ligand for most odorant-binding proteins, with a dissociation constant of 5 microM...
  18. ncbi Secretory proteins as potential semiochemical carriers in the horse
    Barbara D'Innocenzo
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universita di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Biochemistry 45:13418-28. 2006
    ..Binding experiments performed with a number of different organic compounds failed to identify ligands for this protein with a well-defined physiological role...
  19. ncbi Binding properties of a locust's chemosensory protein
    Liping Ban
    Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 293:50-4. 2002
    ..The ligand-binding characteristics of chemosensory proteins may help in clarifying the role of this recently discovered class of soluble proteins in chemoreception...
  20. ncbi Cooperative interactions between odorant-binding proteins of Anopheles gambiae
    Huili Qiao
    Department of Biology and Agricultural Plants, University of Pisa, Via S Michele, 4, 56124, Pisa, Italy
    Cell Mol Life Sci 68:1799-813. 2011
    ..Confirmation of the likely role of heterodimers was demonstrated by in situ hybridisation, suggesting that OBP1 and OBP4 are co-expressed in some antennal sensilla of A. gambiae...
  21. ncbi Expression in antennae and reproductive organs suggests a dual role of an odorant-binding protein in two sibling Helicoverpa species
    Ya Lan Sun
    State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    PLoS ONE 7:e30040. 2012
    ....
  22. ncbi Porcine VEG proteins and tear prealbumins
    M Garibotti
    Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, Pisa, Italy
    Chem Senses 20:69-76. 1995
    ..The two proteins appear to be identical, as in humans. The reason why the same protein is expressed in different tissues, as well as its physiological function, still remain to be clarified...
  23. ncbi Expression of odorant-binding proteins and chemosensory proteins in some Hymenoptera
    M Calvello
    Dipartimento di Chimica e Biotecnologie Agrarie, University of Pisa, Via S. Michele, 4, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    Insect Biochem Mol Biol 35:297-307. 2005
    ..These data indicate that at least in some hymenopteran species CSPs are specifically expressed in antennae and could perform roles in chemosensory perception so far assigned only to OBPs...
  24. ncbi Multiple functions of an odorant-binding protein in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
    Sha Li
    Rothamsted NYNU Joint Laboratory, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan, China Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 372:464-8. 2008
    ..Antiserum against odorant-binding protein 22 also stained the edges and sensilla of spiracles, indicating a third, still unknown, role for this protein...
  25. ncbi Solution structure of a chemosensory protein from the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria
    Simona Tomaselli
    Department of Chemistry, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Napoli, Italy
    Biochemistry 45:10606-13. 2006
    ..In fact, incubation of the protein with a natural ligand, namely, oleamide, produced substantial changes to the NMR spectra, suggesting extensive conformational transitions upon ligand binding...
  26. ncbi Revisiting the odorant-binding protein LUSH of Drosophila melanogaster: evidence for odour recognition and discrimination
    Jing Jiang Zhou
    Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
    FEBS Lett 558:23-6. 2004
    ....
  27. ncbi Boar salivary lipocalin. Three-dimensional X-ray structure and androsterol/androstenone docking simulations
    Silvia Spinelli
    , , France
    Eur J Biochem 269:2449-56. 2002
    ..This explains the higher affinity of SAL for both steroid molecules compared to other smaller molecules, although no specific interaction is established with either compound...
  28. ncbi Cloning of an olfactory sensory neuron-specific protein in the land snail (Eobania vermiculata)
    Andrea Mazzatenta
    Dipartimento di Neurobiologia, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, 34014 Trieste, Italy
    Proc Biol Sci 271:S46-9. 2004
    ..This protein could represent a plesiomorphic character in the evolution of olfactory proteins...