Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Potent selective inhibitor of Kv1.1/KCNA1, Kv1.2/KCNA2, Kv1.3/KCNA3 voltage-gated potassium channels (PubMed:9446567). Weak inhibitor of Kv1.6/KCNA6 potassium channel (PubMed:9446567). It also shows a weak interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), suggesting it may weakly inhibit it (PubMed:31276191). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9446567}.
Target
nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
acetylcholine receptor
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Centruroides limbatus (Bark scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Potent selective inhibitor of Kv1.1/KCNA1, Kv1.2/KCNA2, Kv1.3/KCNA3 voltage-gated potassium channels (PubMed:9446567). Weak inhibitor of Kv1.6/KCNA6 potassium channel (PubMed:9446567).
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 2.5 (Hongotoxin-1) (HgTX1)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 02 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
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:9446567}.