Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Omega-agatoxins are antagonists of voltage-gated calcium channels. They block insect neuromuscular transmission presynaptically. This toxin is a blocker of L-type calcium channels (Cav/CACNA1). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1685511}.
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
Omega-agatoxins are antagonists of voltage-gated calcium channels. They block insect neuromuscular transmission presynaptically.
Omega-agatoxin-1A (Omega-agatoxin IA) (Omega-Aga-IA) [Cleaved into: Omega-agatoxin-1A major chain
Omega-agatoxin-1A minor chain]
spider
Neurotoxin 04 (omega-agtx) family, 01 (type I omega-agtx) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:1383207, ECO:0000305|PubMed:2295621}.