Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Omega-agatoxins inhibit neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels. This toxin acts by modifying the gating of the high voltage activated P-type Cav2.1/CACNA1A channel. Is a potent blocker in both insect and mammalian central neurons. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11055992, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11522785, ECO:0000269|PubMed:1311418, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7898748, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8250902, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9120560, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9129813}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Agelenopsis aperta (North American funnel-web spider) (Agelenopsis gertschi)
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Omega-agatoxins inhibit neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels. This toxin acts by modifying the gating of the high voltage activated P-type Cav2.1/CACNA1A channel.
Omega-agatoxin-Aa4a (Omega-AGTX-Aa4a) (Omega-agatoxin IVA) (Omega-Aga-IVA) (Omega-agatoxin-4A)
spider
Neurotoxin 02 (plectoxin) family, 03 (omega-agtx) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:1311418}.