Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Is potently lethal to crabs, although it showed neither lethal activity in mice nor hemolytic activity. May bind to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), thereby delaying their inactivation during signal transduction. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9133708}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Isohalcurias carlgreni (Sea anemone) (Halcurias carlgreni)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Is potently lethal to crabs, although it showed neither lethal activity in mice nor hemolytic activity. May bind to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), thereby delaying their inactivation during signal transduction..
Delta-halcutoxin-Hcg1a (Delta-HCTX-Hcg1a) (Halcurin)
sea anemone
Sea anemone sodium channel inhibitory toxin family, Type II subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Nematocyst
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin