Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). Causes immediate spastic paralysis and death in mice within 1 minute of injection at dose levels of 1.5 ug per mouse. {ECO:0000269|Ref.2}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Phoneutria keyserlingi (Brazilian wandering spider) (Ctenus keyserlingii)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Blocks voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). Causes immediate spastic paralysis and death in mice within 1 minute of injection at dose levels of 1.5 ug per mouse..
U7-ctenitoxin-Pk1a (U7-CNTX-Pk1a) (Neurotoxin PKTx36C1)
spider
Neurotoxin 03 (Tx2) family, 04 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
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:0000269|PubMed:16278100}.