Patent ID: 7364866

Claim:
A method for identifying a modulator of binding and/or function of the bound complex between a DmGPCR and a drotachykinin, comprising the steps of: contacting a drotachykinin and a composition comprising a DmGPCR encoded by the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:9 in the presence or in the absence of a putative modulator compound; detecting binding between the drotachykinin and the DmGPCR; and determining whether binding in the presence of said putative modulator compound is increased or decreased compared to binding in the absence of said putative modulator compound, and/or determining whether function in the presence of said putative modulator compound is increased or decreased compared to function in the absence of said putative modulator compound, wherein said DmGPCR binds to a drotachykinin.