Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds to muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and inhibit acetylcholine from binding to the receptor, thereby impairing neuromuscular transmission. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:F5CPD6}.
Target
nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
acetylcholine receptor
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Micrurus frontalis (Coral snake)
Neurotoxin
Postsynaptic neurotoxin
Acetylcholine receptor inhibiting toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Binds to muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and inhibit acetylcholine from binding to the receptor, thereby impairing neuromuscular transmission..
Frontoxin VI (FTx VI)
snake
Three-finger toxin family, Short-chain subfamily, Type I alpha-neurotoxin sub-subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Acetylcholine receptor inhibiting toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Postsynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305}.