Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Micromolar concentrations of PiVIIA increase the magnitude of the macroscopic calcium current in DRG neurons from rat. An increase, even modest of the calcium current, may have a significant impact in the excitability and electrical activity of neurons, and may set up PiVIIA as a member of the pharmacological family of the gamma-conotoxins. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P56711, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26861393}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Conus princeps (Prince cone)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Micromolar concentrations of PiVIIA increase the magnitude of the macroscopic calcium current in DRG neurons from rat. An increase, even modest of the calcium current, may have a significant impact in the excitability and electrical activity of neurons, and may set up PiVIIA as a member of the pharmacological family of the gamma-conotoxins..
Gamma-conotoxin PiVIIA
cone snail
Conotoxin O2 superfamily
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Gamma-carboxyglutamic acid
Hydroxylation
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom duct. {ECO:0000305}.