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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Kao Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Namba, Katsushika-ku, JP;
Naoko Saito, Utsunomiya, JP;
Michiaki Inoue, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Tsuyoshi Toyabe, Funabashi, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is intended to identify a substance inhibiting an odor caused by 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone. The present invention provides a method for searching for an inhibitor of an odor caused by 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone, comprising: adding a test substance and 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone to an olfactory receptor OR5K1 or a polypeptide having at least 80% amino acid sequence identity thereto; measuring the response of the olfactory receptor or the polypeptide to 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone; and identifying a test substance inhibiting the response of the olfactory receptor or the polypeptide, on the basis of the measured response.