Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Probably blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (CHRM), since it inhibits the binding of the selective muscarinic ligand [3H]QNB and inhibits the carbachol-induced [3H]inositol phosphate accumulation in rat hippocampus. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22005021}.
Target
acetylcholine receptor
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Micrurus lemniscatus (South American coral snake)
Neurotoxin
Postsynaptic neurotoxin
G-protein coupled acetylcholine receptor impairing toxin
G-protein coupled receptor impairing toxin
Probably blocks muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (CHRM), since it inhibits the binding of the selective muscarinic ligand [3H]QNB and inhibits the carbachol-induced [3H]inositol phosphate accumulation in rat hippocampus..
Muscarinic toxin Mlalpha (MT-Mlalpha)
snake
Three-finger toxin family
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
G-protein coupled acetylcholine receptor impairing toxin
G-protein coupled receptor impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Postsynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305}.