Shining Light on Molecular Mechanism for Odor-selectivity of CNT-immobilized Olfactory Receptor

Scientific Reports
Liyun ZhangXuemei Pu

Abstract

Olfactory receptor (OR)-based bioelectronic nose is a new type of bio-affinity sensor applied for detecting numerous odorant molecules. In order to elucidate the effect of the adsorption of nanomaterial carriers on the receptor structure and its selectivity to odors, we used a systematic computation-scheme to study two OR models immobilized onto carbon nanotube. Our result indicates that there is a multistep OR-adsorption process driven by hydrophobic interaction. Many allosteric communication pathways exist between the absorbed residues and the pocket ones, leading to a significant shrinkage of the pocket. Consequently, the size-selectivity of the receptor to the odors is changed to some extent. But, the odor size and its hydrophobicity, rather than specific functional groups of the odor, still play a determinant role in binding OR, at least for the 132 odors under study. Regardless of the limitation for the odor size in initial recognition, the different-size odors could induce significant changes in the pocket conformation so that it could better match the pocket space, indicating the importance of the ligand-fit binding. Due to the CNT-induced shrinkage of the pocket, the CNT immobilization could increase the binding affini...Continue Reading

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