Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Inhibits the voltage-gated sodium channels Nav1.1/SCN1A (IC(50)=360 nM), Nav1.2/SCN2A (IC(50)=600 nM), Nav1.3/SCN3A (IC(50)=1280), Nav1.4/SCN4A (IC(50)=330 nM), Nav1.6/SCN8A (IC(50)=1200 nM), Nav1.7/SCN9A (IC(50)=1-40 nM), and voltage-gated potassium channels Kv11.1/KCNH2 (IC(50)=4.8 uM) (PubMed:19955179, PubMed:30661758, PubMed:31234412). Induces analgesia in mammals (Ref.1). This analgesia is mediated by a non-opioid receptor related mechanism (Ref.1). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19955179, ECO:0000269|PubMed:30661758, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31234412, ECO:0000269|Ref.1}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Grammostola rosea (Chilean rose tarantula) (Grammostola spatulata)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Inhibits the voltage-gated sodium channels Nav1.1/SCN1A (IC(50)=360 nM), Nav1.2/SCN2A (IC(50)=600 nM), Nav1.3/SCN3A (IC(50)=1280), Nav1.4/SCN4A (IC(50)=330 nM), Nav1.6/SCN8A (IC(50)=1200 nM), Nav1.7/SCN9A (IC(50)=1-40 nM), and voltage-gated potassium channels Kv11.1/KCNH2 (IC(50)=4.8 uM) (PubMed:19955179, PubMed:30661758, PubMed:31234412). Induces analgesia in mammals (Ref.1).
Beta-theraphotoxin-Gr1b (Beta-TRTX-Gr1b) (GsAF 1) (GsAf1) (GsAF I) (GsAFI)
spider
Neurotoxin 30 (phrixotoxin) family
Evidence at protein level
Amidation
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|Ref.1}.