Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds specifically to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), thereby delaying their inactivation during signal transduction. Thus it strongly stimulates mammalian cardiac muscle contraction. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:6127075}.
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), thereby delaying their inactivation during signal transduction. Thus it strongly stimulates mammalian cardiac muscle contraction..
Delta-actitoxin-Avd1d (Delta-AITX-Avd1d) (ATX-V) (As5) (Toxin V)
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