UniProt functional annotation for P34170

UniProt code: P34170.

Organism: Bombyx mori (Silk moth).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Hexapoda; Insecta; Pterygota; Neoptera; Endopterygota; Lepidoptera; Glossata; Ditrysia; Bombycoidea; Bombycidae; Bombycinae; Bombyx.
 
Function: Present in the aqueous fluid surrounding olfactory sensory dendrites and are thought to aid in the capture and transport of hydrophobic odorants into and through this fluid.
 
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000305}.
Tissue specificity: Detected in antenna (at protein level). Expressed at high levels in antenna. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19371749, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8900598}.
Similarity: Belongs to the PBP/GOBP family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.