Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Insecticidal toxin (PubMed:8541888, PubMed:8896202). This toxin promotes opening of insect Nav channels. The toxin binds to the S1-S2 and S3-S4 loops in the domain II voltage-sensor of insect Nav channels (i.e., receptor site 4). The American cockroach P.americana is largely resistant to the effects of this toxin due to an unusual sequence within the domain II S1-S2 loop. In vivo, paralyzes lepidopteran and dipteran larvae. Paralyzed insects ultimately die from secondary effects of starvation and dehydration (PubMed:25014760). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:25014760, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8541888, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8896202}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Diguetia canities (Desert bush spider) (Segestria canities)
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Insecticidal toxin (PubMed:8541888, PubMed:8896202). This toxin promotes opening of insect Nav channels.
Beta-diguetoxin-Dc1a (Beta-DGTX-Dc1a) (Dc1a) (Insecticidal toxin DTX9.2)
spider
Neurotoxin 26 (DTX) family
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305}.