Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Insect active toxin causing rapid but reversible paralysis in crickets. No activity shown in mammals. Suppresses the excitatory postsynaptic potentials evoked in lobster neuromuscular synaptic preparations, possibly by blocking the presynaptic calcium channel. Induces instantaneous reversible paralysis when injected into crickets. Does not show effect on mammalian Cav2.1/CACNA1A, Cav2.2/CACNA1B and Cav2.3/CACNA1E (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Agelena orientalis (Funnel-web spider)
Neurotoxin
Insect active toxin causing rapid but reversible paralysis in crickets. No activity shown in mammals.
U2-agatoxin-Ao1a (U2-AGTX-Ao1a) (Agelenin)
spider
Neurotoxin 01 (U2-agtx) family
Evidence at transcript level
Amidation
Disulfide bond
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.