A new class of hexahelical insect proteins revealed as putative carriers of small hydrophobic ligands.
Rothemund, S., Liou, Y.C., Davies, P.L., Krause, E., Sonnichsen, F.D.(1999) Structure 7: 1325-1332
- PubMed: 10574794 
- DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(00)80022-2
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1C3Y, 1C3Z - PubMed Abstract: 
THP12 is an abundant and extraordinarily hydrophilic hemolymph protein from the mealworm Tenebrio molitor and belongs to a group of small insect proteins with four highly conserved cysteine residues. Despite their sequence homology to odorant-binding proteins and pheromone-binding proteins, the function of these proteins is unclear ...