Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks high conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P0C182}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Rhopalurus junceus (Caribbean blue scorpion) (Heteroctenus junceus)
Neurotoxin
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks high conductance calcium-activated potassium channels..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 1.18 (Peptide Rj1m1)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 01 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:26169670}.