Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: This excitatory toxin inhibits insect calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels (Slo-type). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P82228}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Hadronyche formidabilis (Northern tree funnel-web spider) (Atrax formidabilis)
Neurotoxin
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
This excitatory toxin inhibits insect calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channels (Slo-type)..
Lambda-hexatoxin-Hf1a (Lambda-HXTX-Hf1a) (Janus-atracotoxin-Hf1a) (Janus-AcTx-Hf1a) (Kappa-atracotoxin-Hf1a) (Kappa-AcTx-Hf1a) (Kappa-hexatoxin-Hf1a) (Kappa-HXTX-Hf1a)
spider
Neurotoxin 11 (kappa toxin) family
Evidence at protein level
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.