Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Potent and selective blocker of N-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav2.2/CACNA1B). Also blocks vertebrate Cav2.1/CACNA1A (P/Q-type) and Cav1.2/CACNA1C (L-type) channels at very high concentration (2 micromolar). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7541240}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Segestria florentina (Tube-web spider) (Segestria gracilis)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Potent and selective blocker of N-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav2.2/CACNA1B). Also blocks vertebrate Cav2.1/CACNA1A (P/Q-type) and Cav1.2/CACNA1C (L-type) channels at very high concentration (2 micromolar)..
Omega-segestritoxin-Sf1a (Omega-SGTX-Sf1a) (Toxin SNX-325)
spider
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.