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Fluorescent analogues of the gypsy moth sex pheromone (+)-disparlure (1) and its enantiomer (−)-disparlure (ent-1) were designed, synthesized, and characterized. The fluorescently labelled analogues 6-FAM (+)-disparlure and 1a 6-FAM (−)-disparlure ent-1a were prepared by copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition of disparlure alkyne and 6-FAM azide. These fluorescent disparlure analogues 1a and ent-1a were used to measure disparlure binding to two pheromone-binding proteins from the gypsy moth, LdisPBP1 and LdisPBP2. The fluorescence binding assay showed that LdisPBP1 has a stronger affinity for 6-FAM (−)-disparlure ent-1a, whereas LdisPBP2 has a stronger affinity for 6-FAM (+)-disparlure 1a, consistent with findings from previous studies with disparlure enantiomers. The 6-FAM disparlure enantiomers appeared to be much stronger ligands for LdisPBPs, with binding constants (Kd) in the nanomolar range, compared to the fluorescent reporter 1-NPN (which had Kd values in the micromolar range). Fluorescence competitive binding assays were used to determine the displacement constant (Ki) for the disparlure enantiomers in competition with fluorescent disparlure analogues binding to LdisPBP1 and LdisPBP2. The Ki data show that disparlure enantiomers can effectively displace the fluorescent disparlure from the binding pocket of LdisPBPs and, therefore, occupy the same binding site.
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This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, Discovery Grant 06088 and Discovery Accelerator Supplement 477793 (to EP), as well as by Simon Fraser University (Graduate fellowships to GP).
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Pinnelli, G.R., Plettner, E. Design and Synthesis of Fluorophore-Tagged Disparlure Enantiomers to Study Pheromone Enantiomer Discrimination in the Pheromone-Binding Proteins from the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar. J Chem Ecol 48, 312–322 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-021-01318-2
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