Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks voltage-gated potassium channels (mKv1.1/KCNA1 (Kd>25 nM), rKv1.2/KCNA2 (Kd=2 nM), mKv1.3/KCNA3 (Kd=1 nM), hKv1.5/KCNA5 (Kd>25 nM) and mKv3.1/KCNC1 (Kd>25 nM)) and calcium-activated potassium channels (KCa1.1/KCNMA1 and KCa3.1/KCNN4, Kd>25 nM). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2448164, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7517498}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Centruroides noxius (Mexican scorpion)
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 (mKv1.1/KCNA1 (Kd>25 nM), rKv1.2/KCNA2 (Kd=2 nM), mKv1.3/KCNA3 (Kd=1 nM), hKv1.5/KCNA5 (Kd>25 nM) and mKv3.1/KCNC1 (Kd>25 nM)) and calcium-activated potassium channels (KCa1.1/KCNMA1 and KCa3.1/KCNN4, Kd>25 nM)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 2.1 (Noxiustoxin) (NTx) (Toxin II.11)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 02 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|Ref.1}.