Department of Zoology, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington.
J Chem Ecol. 1986 Feb;12(2):469-82. doi: 10.1007/BF01020567.
Body scales of the silk mothAntheraea polyphemus contain an esterase which can degrade the female sex pheromone of this species. This esterase, which appears to be stabilized to the scale cuticle, is present in both sexes, but is species specific. The enzyme may play a significant role in the behaviors associated with sex-pheromone attraction, helping to filter out stimulus noise by degrading adsorbed pheromone, thus preventing adsoptive body surfaces from becoming uncontrolled pheromone sources.
野蚕身体鳞片含有一种酯酶，可以降解该物种的雌性信息素。这种酯酶似乎对鳞片角质层有稳定作用，存在于雌雄两性中，但具有物种特异性。该酶可能在与性信息素吸引相关的行为中发挥重要作用，通过降解吸附的信息素来帮助过滤刺激噪声，从而防止接受体表面成为不受控制的信息素源。
