Pheromone receptors need 'escorts'.

Life Science Weekly | March 24, 2003 | Copyright

2003 MAR 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researches and their colleagues have discovered that escort molecules are required to usher pheromone receptors to the surface of sensory neurons where they are needed to translate chemical cues.

In an interesting twist, the researchers found that the escort molecules belong to a family of proteins, called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which plays an important role in the immune system. The researchers speculate that in addition to being escort molecules, the MHC ...

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