Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Reduces potassium currents through Kv1.2/KCNA2 and Kv1.3/KCNA3 voltage-gated potassium channels. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16405970}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Tityus trivittatus (Argentinean scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Reduces potassium currents through Kv1.2/KCNA2 and Kv1.3/KCNA3 voltage-gated potassium channels..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 20.1 (Toxin Tt28)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 20 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.