Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Mu-conotoxins block voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). Blocks reversibly sodium channels in molluskan neurons, but has no effect on sodium currents in bovine chromaffin cells or in rat brain synaptosomes. Induces paralysis in bivalve mollusks (Mytilus). No effect are observed on fish (Gambusia) and fly larvae (Sarcophaga). PnIVB is approximately 6 times more potent than PnIVA in blockade of the sodium current in Lymnaea neurons.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Conus pennaceus (Feathered cone) (Conus episcopus)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Mu-conotoxins block voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). Blocks reversibly sodium channels in molluskan neurons, but has no effect on sodium currents in bovine chromaffin cells or in rat brain synaptosomes.
Mu-conotoxin PnIVA
cone snail
Conotoxin M superfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom duct.