Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav). {ECO:0000250}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Ctenus ornatus (Brazilian spider) (Oligoctenus ornatus)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Blocks voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav)..
U5-ctenitoxin-Co1a (U5-CNTX-Co1a) (Neurotoxin Oc F32-8)
spider
Neurotoxin 03 (Tx2) family, 06 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|Ref.1}.