Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Decreases the amplitude of the potassium current of the rat channels Kv1.1/KCNA1 by 33% and Kv1.2/KCNA2 by 8% as well as human Kv1.3/KCNA3 by 70%. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15631621}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Opisthacanthus madagascariensis (Scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Decreases the amplitude of the potassium current of the rat channels Kv1.1/KCNA1 by 33% and Kv1.2/KCNA2 by 8% as well as human Kv1.3/KCNA3 by 70%..
Potassium channel toxin kappa-KTx 2.3 (Toxin OmTx3)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor kappa-KTx family, Kappa-KTx 2 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
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 gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:15631621}.