{"title":"Molecular Diversity of Gustatory Receptors in Insects: From Structure to Ecological Adaptation","authors":"Rongrong Xu, Jia Zhang, Ting Ge, Ruiqi Song","doi":"10.1002/arch.70142","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div>\n \n <p>Gustatory receptors (GRs) are a divergent family of chemoreceptors in insects. By detecting ligands spanning from nutrients to aversive compounds, GRs regulate essential behaviors including feeding, mating, and habitat selection. This multifunctionality makes GRs an indispensable model for studying the sensory-driven evolution paradigm and offers significant translational potential for developing precision targeted attractants or receptor-based pest control strategies. Leveraging insights from phylogenomics, structural biology, and neuroecology, this review systematically examines the molecular diversity and ecological adaptation mechanisms of insect GRs, with the dual objectives of illuminating their evolutionary trajectories and proposing sustainable solutions to address contemporary ecological and agricultural challenges.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8281,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology","volume":"121 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arch.70142","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Gustatory receptors (GRs) are a divergent family of chemoreceptors in insects. By detecting ligands spanning from nutrients to aversive compounds, GRs regulate essential behaviors including feeding, mating, and habitat selection. This multifunctionality makes GRs an indispensable model for studying the sensory-driven evolution paradigm and offers significant translational potential for developing precision targeted attractants or receptor-based pest control strategies. Leveraging insights from phylogenomics, structural biology, and neuroecology, this review systematically examines the molecular diversity and ecological adaptation mechanisms of insect GRs, with the dual objectives of illuminating their evolutionary trajectories and proposing sustainable solutions to address contemporary ecological and agricultural challenges.
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Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology is an international journal that publishes articles in English that are of interest to insect biochemists and physiologists. Generally these articles will be in, or related to, one of the following subject areas: Behavior, Bioinformatics, Carbohydrates, Cell Line Development, Cell Signalling, Development, Drug Discovery, Endocrinology, Enzymes, Lipids, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, Nucleic Acids, Nutrition, Peptides, Pharmacology, Pollinators, Proteins, Toxicology. Archives will publish only original articles. Articles that are confirmatory in nature or deal with analytical methods previously described will not be accepted.
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