Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Neurotoxin. Causes spastic paralysis and death in mice. Moderate inhibitor of L-type calcium channels (Cav1/CACNA1). {ECO:0000269|Ref.2}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Phoneutria reidyi (Brazilian Amazonian armed spider) (Ctenus reidyi)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin. Causes spastic paralysis and death in mice.
U4-ctenitoxin-Pr1a (U4-CNTX-Pr1a) (Neurotoxin PRTx27C3)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 53 (PNTx27C4) 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
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16278100, ECO:0000269|Ref.2, ECO:0000305}.