Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Acts as a gating-modifier to inhibit voltage-gated potassium channels. It inhibits delayed Kv2.1/KCNB1 (IC(50) is 12.7 nM), Kv2.1/Kv9.3 (IC(50) is 7.2 nM) (KCNB1/KCNS3), Kv2.2/KCNB2 (IC(50) is 21.4 nM), and transient Kv4.2/KCND2 (IC(50) is 1.2 nM) channels. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12065754}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Stromatopelma calceatum (Featherleg baboon tarantula) (Scodra calceata)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Acts as a gating-modifier to inhibit voltage-gated potassium channels. It inhibits delayed Kv2.1/KCNB1 (IC(50) is 12.7 nM), Kv2.1/Kv9.3 (IC(50) is 7.2 nM) (KCNB1/KCNS3), Kv2.2/KCNB2 (IC(50) is 21.4 nM), and transient Kv4.2/KCND2 (IC(50) is 1.2 nM) channels..
Kappa-theraphotoxin-Sc1a (Kappa-TRTX-Sc1a) (Stromatoxin-1) (ScTx1)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 57 (ScTx1) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Amidation
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.