Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Inhibits tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels (Nav) (By similarity). Intracranial injection into mice causes strong convulsions and death. Intrathorax injection into crickets causes paralysis prolonged for 2 minutes, followed by recovery. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15246762}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Macrothele gigas (Japanese funnel web spider)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Inhibits tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels (Nav) (By similarity). Intracranial injection into mice causes strong convulsions and death.
Delta-hexatoxin-Mg1b (Delta-HXTX-Mg1b) (Delta-atracotoxin-9) (Neurotoxin magi-14)
spider
Neurotoxin 06 (delta-actx) family
Evidence at protein level
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:15246762}.