Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Potent inhibitor of insect, but not mammalian, voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav). {ECO:0000250}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Missulena bradleyi (Eastern mouse spider)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Potent inhibitor of insect, but not mammalian, voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav)..
Omega-actinopoditoxin-Mb1a (Omega-AOTX-Mb1a) (Omega-missulenatoxin-Mb1a) (Omega-MSTX-Mb1a)
spider
Neurotoxin 08 (Shiva) family, 02 (omega/kappa toxin) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|Ref.1, ECO:0000305}.