Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks human voltage-gated potassium channels Kv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=0.3 nM), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=8.3 nM) and Shaker IR (with inactivation domain removed) (IC(50)=12 nM) and blocks intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel KCa3.1/KCNN4 (IC(50)=6.4 nM). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26921461}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Centruroides tecomanus (Scorpion) (Centruroides limpidus tecomanus)
Neurotoxin
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks human voltage-gated potassium channels Kv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=0.3 nM), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=8.3 nM) and Shaker IR (with inactivation domain removed) (IC(50)=12 nM) and blocks intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel KCa3.1/KCNN4 (IC(50)=6.4 nM)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 2.15 (Toxin II.10.5)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 02 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:26921461}.