Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks voltage-gated potassium channels rKv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=13 nM), rKv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=16 nM) and rKv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=2 nM). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18699777}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Hemiscorpius lepturus (Scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks voltage-gated potassium channels rKv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=13 nM), rKv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=16 nM) and rKv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=2 nM)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 6.15 (Hemitoxin)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 06 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
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:18699777}.