Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Weakly inhibits the Kv7.1/KCNQ1 channel (10 uM of the toxin inhibits currents by 17.8%). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22511981}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
proton-gated sodium channel / ASIC
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Heterometrus petersii (Asian forest scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Weakly inhibits the Kv7.1/KCNQ1 channel (10 uM of the toxin inhibits currents by 17.8%)..
Potassium channel toxin kappa-KTx 2.7 (HSP053C.1) (Toxin HeTx203) (Toxin kappa-KTx 2.6)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor kappa-KTx family, Kappa-KTx 2 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Cleavage on pair of basic residues
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:20443192}.