Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Toxin that specifically inhibits tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) (IC(50) of =about 9 nM). In vivo, insects injected with this toxin showed signs of neurotoxicity including twitching, paralysis, and body contraction. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22595790}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Scolopendra mutilans (Chinese red-headed centipede) (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Toxin that specifically inhibits tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) (IC(50) of =about 9 nM). In vivo, insects injected with this toxin showed signs of neurotoxicity including twitching, paralysis, and body contraction..
Mu-scoloptoxin(03)-Ssm3a (Mu-SLPTX(03)-Ssm3a) (Mu-scoloptoxin-Ssm1a) (Mu-SLPTX-Ssm1a)
other
Scoloptoxin-03 family
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:22595790}.