Making sense of olfaction through predictions of the 3-D structure and function of olfactory receptors

Chemical Senses

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-290

  Floriano, Wely B ^a   Vaidehi, Nagarajan ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosensors; Docking; Function prediction; G protein coupled receptor; GPCR; HierDock; Mice; Olfaction; Olfactory receptor; Structure prediction; Taste; Virtual screening

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACID; AZELAIC ACID; BUTANOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CINEOLE; EUGENOL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; GLUTARIC ACID; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEPTANOL; HEXANOIC ACID; HEXANOL; NONANOIC ACID; NONANOL; OCTANOIC ACID; OCTANOL; PENTANOL; PIMELIC ACID; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR S18; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR S19; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR S25; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR S46; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR S50; PROTEIN OLFACTORY RECEPTOR S6; SKATOLE; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALERIC ACID; ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; BIOSENSOR; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMELLING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

ACIDS; ALCOHOLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, PROTEIN; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMELL;

EID: 16644373208     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjh030     Document Type: Article

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