Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds and inhibits voltage-sensitive potassium channels. Inhibits the vertebrate potassium channel Kv1.1/KCNA1 with low affinity. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14561751}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Parabuthus villosus (Black hairy thick-tailed scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Binds and inhibits voltage-sensitive potassium channels. Inhibits the vertebrate potassium channel Kv1.1/KCNA1 with low affinity..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 11.2 (Parabutoxin-2) (PBTx2)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 11 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10542442}.