Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks mammalian Kv4.2/KCND2 and Kv4.3/KCND3 (By similarity). Blocks mechanosensitive ion channels in rat astrocytes, without having effect on whole-cell voltage-sensitive currents (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P61231}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Grammostola rosea (Chilean rose tarantula) (Grammostola spatulata)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks mammalian Kv4.2/KCND2 and Kv4.3/KCND3 (By similarity). Blocks mechanosensitive ion channels in rat astrocytes, without having effect on whole-cell voltage-sensitive currents (By similarity)..
Kappa-theraphotoxin-Gr2a (Kappa-TRTX-Gr2a) (Toxin GsMTx-2) (MTx2)
spider
Neurotoxin 30 (phrixotoxin) family
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:12082099}.