Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Voltage-gated potassium channel inhibitor that is certainly used for prey capture (PubMed:30109357). It inhibits several potassium channels, but not all (Kv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=353 nM), Kv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=146 nM), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=3051 nM), Kv1.6/KCNA6 (IC(50)=191 nM), and Shaker IR (23% inhibition at 3 uM)) (PubMed:30109357). In vivo, injection of this toxin into amphipods results in impaired swimming followed by contractile paralysis (PubMed:30109357). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:30109357}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Actinia tenebrosa (Australian red waratah sea anemone)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel inhibitor that is certainly used for prey capture (PubMed:30109357). It inhibits several potassium channels, but not all (Kv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=353 nM), Kv1.2/KCNA2 (IC(50)=146 nM), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (IC(50)=3051 nM), Kv1.6/KCNA6 (IC(50)=191 nM), and Shaker IR (23% inhibition at 3 uM)) (PubMed:30109357).
Kappa-actitoxin-Ate1a (Ate1a)
sea anemone
Sea anemonne PHAB family
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Amidation
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Nematocyst
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Reference proteome
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by tentacle. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:30109357}.