Two structures of bovine odorant binding protein show that this lipocalin is a domain-swapped dimer. The structures stimulate enticing ideas about how this protein transports such a large variety of odorant molecules to the olfactory receptors.
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Brownlow, S., Sawyer, L. Waiting to inhale. Nat Struct Mol Biol 3, 902–906 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb1196-902
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