Sex pheromone precursors in two primitive New Zealand tortricid moth species
(1985) In Insect Biochemistry 15(6). p.729-734- Abstract
Female pheromone gland extracts of two primitive New Zealand tortricid species that use (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate as a pheromone component were analyzed for pheromone precursors. Both Planotortrix excessana and Ctenopseustis obliquana contained (Z)-8-tetradecenoate as well as large amounts of (Z)-10-hexadecenoate. We propose that (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate is synthesized from hexadecanoate (palmitic acid) by an unusual Δ10 desaturation, chain shortening and subsequent reduction and acetylation. A Δ11 enzyme is used for sex pheromone biosynthesis in most of the Tortricinae species for which pheromone identifications have been reported.
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- Löfstedt, Christer LU and Roelofs, Wendell L.
- publishing date
- 1985-01-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- (Z)-10-hexadecenoate, (Z)-8-tetradecenoate, Ctenopseustis obliquana, ozonolysis, pheromone biosynthesis, Planotortrix excessana, Tortricidae, Δ10 desaturase
- in
- Insect Biochemistry
- volume
- 15
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 729 - 734
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:1542577080
- ISSN
- 0020-1790
- DOI
- 10.1016/0020-1790(85)90101-5
- project
- Evolutionary mechanisms of pheromone divergence in Lepidoptera
- language
- English
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abstract = {{<p>Female pheromone gland extracts of two primitive New Zealand tortricid species that use (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate as a pheromone component were analyzed for pheromone precursors. Both Planotortrix excessana and Ctenopseustis obliquana contained (Z)-8-tetradecenoate as well as large amounts of (Z)-10-hexadecenoate. We propose that (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate is synthesized from hexadecanoate (palmitic acid) by an unusual Δ10 desaturation, chain shortening and subsequent reduction and acetylation. A Δ11 enzyme is used for sex pheromone biosynthesis in most of the Tortricinae species for which pheromone identifications have been reported.</p>}},
author = {{Löfstedt, Christer and Roelofs, Wendell L.}},
issn = {{0020-1790}},
keywords = {{(Z)-10-hexadecenoate; (Z)-8-tetradecenoate; Ctenopseustis obliquana; ozonolysis; pheromone biosynthesis; Planotortrix excessana; Tortricidae; Δ10 desaturase}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
number = {{6}},
pages = {{729--734}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Insect Biochemistry}},
title = {{Sex pheromone precursors in two primitive New Zealand tortricid moth species}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-1790(85)90101-5}},
doi = {{10.1016/0020-1790(85)90101-5}},
volume = {{15}},
year = {{1985}},
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