Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: The toxin blocks voltage-gated calcium channels in rat cerebellar granule cells (IC(50)=200 nM). {ECO:0000269|Ref.1}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Agelenopsis aperta (North American funnel-web spider) (Agelenopsis gertschi)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
The toxin blocks voltage-gated calcium channels in rat cerebellar granule cells (IC(50)=200 nM)..
Omega-agatoxin-Aa5a (Omega-AGTX-Aa5a) (Peptide J2)
spider
Neurotoxin 02 (plectoxin) family
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|Ref.1}.