Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Affects both voltage-gated (Kv) and calcium-dependent potassium channel activities (KCa), with composite and diversified effects in invertebrate and vertebrate systems (PubMed:12646193). In vivo, intramuscular injection in freshwater fishes (Poecelia pinnata) causes secretion of mucous substances, a reaction already observed in fish with other contryphans (PubMed:12646193). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12646193}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Conus ventricosus (Mediterranean cone)
Neurotoxin
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Affects both voltage-gated (Kv) and calcium-dependent potassium channel activities (KCa), with composite and diversified effects in invertebrate and vertebrate systems (PubMed:12646193). In vivo, intramuscular injection in freshwater fishes (Poecelia pinnata) causes secretion of mucous substances, a reaction already observed in fish with other contryphans (PubMed:12646193)..
Contryphan-Vn
cone snail
O2 superfamily, Contryphan family
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Amidation
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
D-amino acid
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom duct. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:11688995}.