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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Keiichi Yoshikawa, Omiya-Ku, JP;
Naoko Saito, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
KAO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01); C07K 14/705 (2006.01); C12Q 1/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2013.01); C12Q 1/06 (2013.01); G01N 33/5038 (2013.01); G01N 33/566 (2013.01); F01N 2560/027 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention identifies substances which suppress odors of sulfide compounds. Provided is a method for evaluating and/or selecting an agent for suppressing odors of sulfide compounds, the method comprising: adding a test substance and a sulfide compound to at least one olfactory receptor polypeptide selected from the group consisting of OR4S2 and polypeptides having an amino acid sequence identity of at least 80% to OR4S2; and measuring the response of the olfactory receptor polypeptide to the sulfide compound.