Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Mu-conotoxins block voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). This toxin blocks rNav1.5/SCN5A (IC(50) is 1.3 uM), rNav1.6/SCN8A (IC(50) is 160 nM), rNav1.7/SCN9A (IC(50) is 1.3 uM), rNav1.1/SCN1A (K(d) is 3.8 nM), rNav1.2/SCN2A (K(d) is 1.3 nM), rNav1.4/SCN4A (K(d) is 0.22 nM), rNav1.6/SCN8A (K(d) is 69 nM), and rNav1.7/SCN9A (K(d) is 260 nM). This toxin is very potent but weakly discriminating among sodium channels. The block of these channels is modified when beta-subunits are coexpressed with alpha subunits. Hence, blocks of channels containing beta-1 and beta-3 subunits are more potent (compared to channels without beta subunits), whereas blocks of channels containing beta-2 and beta-4 subunits are less potent (compared to channels without beta subunits). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12484778, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21652775, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22229737, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23146020}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
proton-gated sodium channel / ASIC
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Conus stercusmuscarum (Fly-specked cone)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Mu-conotoxins block voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). This toxin blocks rNav1.5/SCN5A (IC(50) is 1.3 uM), rNav1.6/SCN8A (IC(50) is 160 nM), rNav1.7/SCN9A (IC(50) is 1.3 uM), rNav1.1/SCN1A (K(d) is 3.8 nM), rNav1.2/SCN2A (K(d) is 1.3 nM), rNav1.4/SCN4A (K(d) is 0.22 nM), rNav1.6/SCN8A (K(d) is 69 nM), and rNav1.7/SCN9A (K(d) is 260 nM).
Mu-conotoxin SmIIIA
cone snail
Conotoxin M superfamily
Evidence at transcript level
3D-structure
Amidation
Cleavage on pair of basic residues
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Pyrrolidone carboxylic acid
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom duct.