Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds specifically to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) (site 3), thereby delaying their inactivation. Has a strong effect on crustaceans and insects (DmNav1) and a weaker effect on mammals. This toxin is highly potent at mammalian Nav1.1/SCN1A (EC(50)=6.01 nM) and Nav1.2/SCN2A (EC(50)=7.88 nM) (PubMed:15169781). It also has great activity on Nav1.5/SCN5A (EC(50)=49.05 nM), Nav1.4/SCN4A (EC(50)=109.49 nM) and Nav1.6/SCN8A (EC(50)=about 180 nM) and is less potent on Nav1.3/SCN3A (EC(50)=759.22 nM) (when measured as the increase in the slow component) (PubMed:15169781). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15169781, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8660409, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9236205}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Anemonia sulcata (Mediterranean snakelocks sea anemone)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Binds specifically to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) (site 3), thereby delaying their inactivation. Has a strong effect on crustaceans and insects (DmNav1) and a weaker effect on mammals.
Delta-actitoxin-Avd1c (Delta-AITX-Avd1c) (ATX-II) (ATX II) (Anemonia sulcata toxin 2) (As2) (Neurotoxin 2) (Toxin II)
sea anemone
Sea anemone sodium channel inhibitory toxin family, Type I subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Nematocyst
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin