Quantum chemical study on the stability of honeybee queen pheromone against atmospheric factors

doi:10.1007/s00894-016-2993-1

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	Quantum chemical study on the stability of honeybee queen pheromone against atmospheric factors
	Shi, Rongwei; Liu, Fanglin
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING
	2016-06-01
卷号	22 期号:6 页码:1-13
关键词	Apis Mellifera Colony Collapse Disorder Environmental Chemicals Honeybee Queen Pheromone Quantum Chemistry
DOI	10.1007/s00894-016-2993-1
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The managed honeybee, Apis mellifera, has been experienced a puzzling event, termed as colony collapse disorder (CCD), in which worker bees abruptly disappear from their hives. Potential factors include parasites, pesticides, malnutrition, and environmental stresses. However, so far, no definitive relationship has been established between specific causal factors and CCD events. Here we theoretically test whether atmospheric environment could disturb the chemical communication between the queen and their workers in a colony. A quantum chemistry method has been used to investigate for the stability of the component of A. mellifera queen mandibular pheromone (QMP), (E)-9-keto-2-decenoic acid (9-ODA), against atmospheric water and free radicals. The results show that 9-ODA is less likely to react with water due to the high barrier heights (similar to 36.5 kcal . mol(-1)) and very low reaction rates. However, it can easily react with triplet oxygen and hydroxyl radicals because of low or negative energy barriers. Thus, the atmospheric free radicals may disturb the chemical communication between the queen and their daughters in a colony. Our pilot study provides new insight for the cause of CCD, which has been reported throughout the world.
WOS关键词	COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER ; DECREASES FORAGING SUCCESS ; RADICAL-MOLECULE REACTIONS ; TRANSITION-STATE MODEL ; ACUTE PARALYSIS VIRUS ; BEES APIS-MELLIFERA ; NOSEMA-CERANAE ; HYDROXYL RADICALS ; RATE-CONSTANT ; OH
WOS研究方向	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Biophysics ; Chemistry ; Computer Science
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000377374500022
资助机构	National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; National Nature Science Foundation of China(31270525) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952) ; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2015M571952)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.hfcas.ac.cn:8080/handle/334002/22440]
专题	合肥物质科学研究院_技术生物与农业工程研究所
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Hefei Inst Phys Sci, Inst Tech Biol & Agr Engn, 350 Shushanhu Rd, Hefei 230031, Anhui, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shi, Rongwei,Liu, Fanglin. Quantum chemical study on the stability of honeybee queen pheromone against atmospheric factors[J]. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING,2016,22(6):1-13.
APA	Shi, Rongwei,&Liu, Fanglin.(2016).Quantum chemical study on the stability of honeybee queen pheromone against atmospheric factors.JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING,22(6),1-13.
MLA	Shi, Rongwei,et al."Quantum chemical study on the stability of honeybee queen pheromone against atmospheric factors".JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING 22.6(2016):1-13.