Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Omega-agatoxins are antagonists of voltage-gated calcium channels. This toxin blocks calcium channels in insect central neurons but not at peripheral neuromuscular junctions. In vertebrates, it is broadly active against all high-threshold Cav1/CACNA1 channels and Cav2.2/CACNA1B channels. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8172884}.
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. This toxin blocks calcium channels in insect central neurons but not at peripheral neuromuscular junctions.
Omega-agatoxin-Aa3b (Omega-AGTX-Aa3b) (Omega-agatoxin IIIB) (Omega-Aga-IIIB) (Omega-agatoxin-3B)
spider
Neurotoxin 04 (omega-agtx) family, 03 (type II/III omega-agtx) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Presynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.