Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Sodium channel (Nav) specific neurotoxin. Causes impairment of movement and mild paralysis in crickets at a dose of 0.5 ug per animal. A dose of 0.8 ug per cricket causes clear flaccid paralysis. A dose of 1.0 ug per cricket causes death within 2 hours. Is not toxic to mice at a dose of 100 ug per 20 g mouse weight. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15606762}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Anuroctonus phaiodactylus (Mafia scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Sodium channel (Nav) specific neurotoxin. Causes impairment of movement and mild paralysis in crickets at a dose of 0.5 ug per animal.
Phaiodotoxin
phtx
scorpion
Long (4 C-C) scorpion toxin superfamily, Sodium channel inhibitor family
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15606762}.