Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Gating modifier of Kv2.1/KCNB1 (IC(50)=5.1 nM), Kv2.2/KCNB2 and Kv4.3/KCND3 channels (IC(50)=39 nM). Acts by shifting the channel activation to more depolarized potentials by stabilizing the resting conformation of the voltage sensor. It completely inhibits opening of the Kv2.1/KCNB1 channel at negative membrane voltages and dramatically shifts channel activation to positive voltages. May act by partitioning into lipid membranes and then by binding the voltage sensor paddle of the channel from a place within the membrane. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16567526, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17101164, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21150283}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Chinese earth tiger tarantula) (Chilobrachys jingzhao)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Gating modifier of Kv2.1/KCNB1 (IC(50)=5.1 nM), Kv2.2/KCNB2 and Kv4.3/KCND3 channels (IC(50)=39 nM). Acts by shifting the channel activation to more depolarized potentials by stabilizing the resting conformation of the voltage sensor.
Kappa-theraphotoxin-Pg1a (Kappa-TRTX-Pg1a) (Guangxitoxin-1E) (GxTx1E)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 44 (Jztx-4) 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:0000269|PubMed:16567526}.