Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Inhibits tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) by binding to site 3. It slows the inactivation, causes a prolongation of action potential duration resulting in repetitive firing in autonomic and motor nerve fibers. Does not depolarize the resting potential. Does not affect tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels. This lethal neurotoxin is active on both insect and mammalian voltage-gated sodium channels. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14596608, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2728033, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9560455, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9845331}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Atrax robustus (Sydney funnel-web spider)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Inhibits tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) by binding to site 3. It slows the inactivation, causes a prolongation of action potential duration resulting in repetitive firing in autonomic and motor nerve fibers.
Delta-hexatoxin-Ar1a (Delta-HXTX-Ar1a) (Delta-atracotoxin-Ar1) (Delta-atracotoxin-Ar1a) (Delta-ACTX-Ar1a) (Robustoxin) (RBX)
spider
Neurotoxin 06 (delta-actx) family
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:3972101}.