Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Weakly inhibits human L-type voltage-gated calcium channel Cav1 (CACNA1S, CACNA1C, CACNA1D, CACNA1F) (IC(50)=4.6 uM). In vivo, it induces reversible paralysis in blowfly L.cuprina. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:27474999}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Anochetus emarginatus (Ant) (Stenomyrmex emarginatus)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Weakly inhibits human L-type voltage-gated calcium channel Cav1 (CACNA1S, CACNA1C, CACNA1D, CACNA1F) (IC(50)=4.6 uM). In vivo, it induces reversible paralysis in blowfly L.cuprina..
U1-poneritoxin-Ae1a (U1-PONTX-Ae1a) (Poneratoxin)
insect
Poneritoxin-Ae1 family
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Amidation
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:27474999}.