Patent ID: 8298781

Claim:
A method for identifying compounds capable of altering OR7D4 activity, comprising: a) providing: i) a cell comprising an odorant receptor, wherein said odorant receptor is a human OR7D4 polypeptide, wherein said human OR7D4 polypeptide is, in reference to human wild type OR7D4, selected from the group consisting of OR7D4 WM, OR7D4 P79L, OR7D4 D52G, OR7D4 S75C, OR7D4 M136I, OR7D4 L162P, OR7D4 A279D, and OR7D4 L292M, OR7D4 H131Q, and OR7D4 C139Y; ii) at least one test compound; b) exposing said test compound to said cell c) measuring the activity of said human OR7D4 polypeptide; and d) identifying said test compound as capable of altering OR7D4 activity based upon said measuring.