Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Selectively activates the mammalian capsaicin receptor TRPV1, a non-selective cation channel expressed by sensory neurons of the pain pathway. Is more potent than VaTx1, but less potent than VaTx3. Interacts with distinct regions of the channel than capsaicin, since it only acts on the extracellular face of the channel, and capsaicin binds to the cytosolic side. Also activates avian TRPV1, which is insensitive to capsaicin. Produce weak inhibition on potassium channels Kv2.1/KCNB1. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17093448}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
TRP channel
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Psalmopoeus cambridgei (Trinidad chevron tarantula)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Selectively activates the mammalian capsaicin receptor TRPV1, a non-selective cation channel expressed by sensory neurons of the pain pathway. Is more potent than VaTx1, but less potent than VaTx3.
Tau-theraphotoxin-Pc1b (Tau-TRTX-Pc1b) (Vanillotoxin-2) (VaTx2)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 62 (Vatx) 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. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:17093448}.