A biosensor, a method of making a biosensor, and a method of using a
biosensor are described. A biosensor includes a transducer and a peptide
encoding the most probable binding domain of an olfactory receptor
protein. In embodiments, the transducer is a piezoelectric crystal. The
method of making a biosensor includes modeling the three dimensional
structure of an olfactory receptor protein; identifying the most probable
binding domain of an olfactory receptor protein using a protein docking
program; synthesizing a peptide encoding the most probable binding
domains or a part thereof; and attaching the peptide to a transducer.