Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Reversible blocker of both Shaker B potassium channels (high affinity), and Kv1.3/KCNA3 potassium channels of human T lymphocytes (low affinity). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12445473}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Tityus obscurus (Amazonian scorpion) (Tityus cambridgei)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Reversible blocker of both Shaker B potassium channels (high affinity), and Kv1.3/KCNA3 potassium channels of human T lymphocytes (low affinity)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 4.4 (Toxin Tc30) (Toxin To30)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 04 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15025998}.