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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2004
Ana San Gabriel, Kawasaki, JP;
Takami Maekawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisayuki Uneyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunio Torii, Kawasaki, JP;
Ana San Gabriel, Kawasaki, JP;
Takami Maekawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisayuki Uneyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunio Torii, Kawasaki, JP;
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An agonist or antagonist of glutamic acid or an allosteric modulator is screened by reacting a glutamic acid receptor protein having the following properties with a substance binding thereto in the presence of a test substance and detecting the inhibition or promotion of the reaction: (A) it has a transmembrane domain and an intracellular domain common to those of type 4 metabotropic glutamic acid receptor protein, or (B) it has an extracellular domain by about 316 or 327 amino acid residues shorter than that of the type 4 metabotropic glutamic acid receptor protein.