Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Antagonist of voltage-gated Cav2.1/CACNA1A (P-type) calcium channels. Paralyzes insect by blocking neuromuscular transmission. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8232218}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Agelenopsis aperta (North American funnel-web spider) (Agelenopsis gertschi)
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Antagonist of voltage-gated Cav2.1/CACNA1A (P-type) calcium channels. Paralyzes insect by blocking neuromuscular transmission..
Omega-agatoxin-Aa4b (Omega-AGTX-Aa4b) (Omega-agatoxin IVB) (Omega-Aga-IVB) (Omega-agatoxin IVC) (Omega-Aga-IVC) (Omega-agatoxin tsukuba) (Omega-Aga-TK) (Omega-agatoxin-TK) (Omega-agatoxin-4B)
spider
Neurotoxin 02 (plectoxin) family, 03 (omega-agtx) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Calcium channel impairing toxin
D-amino acid
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:8216284, ECO:0000305|PubMed:8232218}.