Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Alpha-conotoxins act on postsynaptic membranes, they bind to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) and thus inhibit them (By similarity). Has possibly a distinct nAChR binding mode from other alpha-conotoxins, due to a different three residue motif (lacks the Ser-Xaa-Pro motif) (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q2I2R8}.
Target
nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
acetylcholine receptor
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Conus leopardus (Leopard cone)
Neurotoxin
Postsynaptic neurotoxin
Acetylcholine receptor inhibiting toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Alpha-conotoxins act on postsynaptic membranes, they bind to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) and thus inhibit them (By similarity). Has possibly a distinct nAChR binding mode from other alpha-conotoxins, due to a different three residue motif (lacks the Ser-Xaa-Pro motif) (By similarity)..
Alpha-conotoxin-like Lp1.10
cone snail
Conotoxin A superfamily
Evidence at protein level
Acetylcholine receptor inhibiting toxin
Amidation
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Postsynaptic neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom duct. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:17400270}.