PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To understand olfactory sensation more sufficiently, and understand odorant receptor function more sufficiently.SOLUTION: There are provided: polypeptides capable of promoting odorant receptor cell surface localization and odorant receptor functional expression; assays for the detection of ligands specific for various odorant receptors; methods for screening of odorant receptor accessory protein polymorphisms and mutations associated with disease states; and, additionally, methods for screening of therapeutic agents, ligands, and modulators of such proteins.
MODULATOR OF ODORANT RECEPTOR