Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Induces flaccid paralysis when injected into lepidopteran larvae. Intracranial injection into mice causes awkwardness of movement and laboured respiration until death. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12860384}.
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Macrothele gigas (Japanese funnel web spider)
Neurotoxin
Induces flaccid paralysis when injected into lepidopteran larvae. Intracranial injection into mice causes awkwardness of movement and laboured respiration until death..
U7-hexatoxin-Mg1a (U7-HXTX-Mg1a) (Neurotoxin magi-6)
spider
RTX family
Evidence at protein level
Amidation
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12860384, ECO:0000305}.