Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Mu-conotoxins block voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). No effect was observed upon injections into mice and goldfish (25 ug). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2851318}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Conus geographus (Geography cone) (Nubecula geographus)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Mu-conotoxins block voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). No effect was observed upon injections into mice and goldfish (25 ug)..
Mu-conotoxin GS (CGS)
cone snail
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Gamma-carboxyglutamic acid
Hydroxylation
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom duct.