bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.05.326645; this version posted October 7, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Tyramine receptor drives olfactory response to (E)-2-decenal in the stink bug 2 Halyomorpha halys 3 4 Luca Finetti1, Marco Pezzi1, Stefano Civolani1,2, Girolamo Calò3, Chiara Scapoli1 and Giovanni 5 Bernacchia1 6 7 1Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; 8 2InnovaRicerca s.r.l. Monestirolo, Ferrara, Italy; 3Department of Biomedical and Specialty Surgical 9 Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 10 11 *Author for correspondence: Giovanni Bernacchia, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, 12 University of Ferrara, via Luigi Borsari 46, Ferrara, Italy. Tel (+39) 0532 455784
[email protected] 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.05.326645; this version posted October 7, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-ND 4.0 International license. 29 Abstract 30 In insects, the tyramine receptor 1 (TAR1) has been shown to control several physiological functions, 31 including olfaction. We investigated the molecular and functional profile of the Halyomorpha halys 32 type 1 tyramine receptor gene (HhTAR1) and its role in olfactory functions of this pest.