Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks voltage-gated potassium channels Kv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=0.12-0.8 nM), KCa3.1/KCNN4 (IC(50)=1-2.2 nM), Shaker B (IC(50)=2.39-80 nM), Kv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=37-45 or no activity, depending on the study), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=150-180 or no activity, depending on the study). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10888198, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10920011, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12527813, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15498765, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18042681, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9022673, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9136903}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Scorpio palmatus (Israeli golden scorpion) (Scorpio maurus palmatus)
Neurotoxin
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks voltage-gated potassium channels Kv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=0.12-0.8 nM), KCa3.1/KCNN4 (IC(50)=1-2.2 nM), Shaker B (IC(50)=2.39-80 nM), Kv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=37-45 or no activity, depending on the study), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=150-180 or no activity, depending on the study)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 6.2 (Maurotoxin) (MTX)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 06 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Amidation
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
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:9022673}.