Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Reversibly inhibits potassium currents in oocytes expressing Kv2.1/KCNB1 channels (Kd=2.7 uM) (PubMed:15051809). Acts by shifting activation of the channel to more depolarized voltages. The toxin may bind to the S3b-S4 helices of the voltage sensor paddle. One, two, three or four toxin molecules may bind the Kv2.1/KCNB1 channel. It shows low to moderate affinity for lipid bilayers (PubMed:29703751). It partitions into the bilayer membrane, where it stabilizes at the water/membrane interface (PubMed:17071657, PubMed:20643084). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10504388, ECO:0000269|PubMed:14744131, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15051809, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17071657, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20643084, ECO:0000269|PubMed:29703751}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Stromatopelma calceatum griseipes (Feather leg baboon tarantula) (Scodra griseipes)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Reversibly inhibits potassium currents in oocytes expressing Kv2.1/KCNB1 channels (Kd=2.7 uM) (PubMed:15051809). Acts by shifting activation of the channel to more depolarized voltages.
Kappa-theraphotoxin-Scg1a (Kappa-TRTX-Scg1a) (SGTx1) (SGTx) (SgTx-I)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 09 (HaTx) subfamily
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:10504388}.