... aslipocalins [3], a family of proteins generally involved in thetransport of hydrophobic ligands [4]. The hypothesis of their involvement in the olfactory process, perception andtransduction of the ... 1).ResultsBinding of AMA and odorants in solutionThe dissociation c onstants of the AMA–OBP c omplexes fo rthe bovine and porcine OBP isoforms were, respectively, 1 .0and 1.5 lMand the corresponding ... Napolitano,E. & Pelosi, P. (1 998) Amino acid sequence, post-translationalmodifications, binding and labelling of p orcine odorant-bindingprotein. Chem. Senses 23, 689–698.28. Briand, L.,...