Class-wide sequence, structural, and docking-profile diversity of insect odorant receptors and structural specialization of Orco
Tianmin Zhang, Xuanxiao Yang, Yufang Fu, Wei Xue, Yifeng Zhang, Suyang Duan, Yangming Yin, Yi Guo, Chenxi Gao, Yang Liu, Gang Li, Chang Shui Xu, Hui‐Meng Lu
The paper analyzes insect odorant receptor (OR) diversity across 115 species using sequence, structure, and docking profiles, finding associations with diet and habitat and identifying a conserved Orco domain.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology