Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Toxin that blocks vertebrate P/Q-type (Cav2.1/CACNA1A) and R-type (Cav2.3/CACNA1E) voltage-gated calcium channels. Also inhibits sodium channels (Nav) in bovine chromaffin cells by delaying sodium channel inactivation. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11423396, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12954354, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9799496}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Hysterocrates gigas (Cameroon red baboon tarantula)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Toxin that blocks vertebrate P/Q-type (Cav2.1/CACNA1A) and R-type (Cav2.3/CACNA1E) voltage-gated calcium channels. Also inhibits sodium channels (Nav) in bovine chromaffin cells by delaying sodium channel inactivation..
Omega-theraphotoxin-Hg1a (Omega-TRTX-Hg1a) (Toxin SNX-482) (SNX482)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 56 (SNX-482) subfamily
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
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.