Identification of a specific olfactory receptor for 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 201 (1), 245-248
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2010245
Abstract
2-Isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, a potent bell-pepper odorant, binds to cow olfactory mucosa homogenate. The receptor is saturable in the micromolar range and is competitively inhibited by other bell-pepper odorants, but not by other pyrazines of different odors. Other tissues do not bind 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine to a significant extent. This receptor may be involved in odor discrimination.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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