Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Inhibits preferentially tetrodotoxin-insensitive sodium currents (Nav) on rat cardiac myocytes (IC(50) is 0.26 uM) and has weaker inhibition activity toward tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium currents on rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) sensory neurons (IC(50) is 0.83 uM) and on cockroach dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons (IC(50) is 1.19 uM). Has no significant effect on potassium currents on DRG neurons. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18840410}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Chinese earth tiger tarantula) (Chilobrachys jingzhao)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Inhibits preferentially tetrodotoxin-insensitive sodium currents (Nav) on rat cardiac myocytes (IC(50) is 0.26 uM) and has weaker inhibition activity toward tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium currents on rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) sensory neurons (IC(50) is 0.83 uM) and on cockroach dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons (IC(50) is 1.19 uM). Has no significant effect on potassium currents on DRG neurons..
U7-theraphotoxin-Cg1a (U7-TRTX-Cg1a) (Jingzhaotoxin-2) (JZTX-2) (Peptide F2-32.19)
spider
Neurotoxin 10 (Hwtx-1) family, 36 (Jztx-2) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.