Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Inhibitor of voltage-gated potassium channels of the Kv4/KCND family (By similarity). Blocks calcium channels (Cav). {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|Ref.1}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Heteropoda venatoria (Brown huntsman spider) (Aranea venatoria)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Inhibitor of voltage-gated potassium channels of the Kv4/KCND family (By similarity). Blocks calcium channels (Cav)..
Kappa-sparatoxin-Hv1d (Kappa-SPRTX-Hv1d) (Toxin AU2)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 19 (HpTX2) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|Ref.1}.