Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: May block voltage-gated potassium channels (Kv). {ECO:0000305}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Tityus stigmurus (Brazilian scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
May block voltage-gated potassium channels (Kv)..
Peptide 2900 (Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family
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:0000305|PubMed:17270501}.