Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Omega-agatoxin are antagonist of voltage-gated calcium channels. They block insect neuromuscular transmission presynaptically. Potent blocker of N- (Cav2.2/CACNA1B) and L-type (Cav1/CACNA1) calcium channels.
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-agatoxin are antagonist of voltage-gated calcium channels. They block insect neuromuscular transmission presynaptically.
Omega-agatoxin-Aa3a (Omega-AGTX-Aa3a) (Omega-agatoxin IIIA) (Omega-Aga-IIIA) (Omega-agatoxin-3A)
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.