Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks Shaker B (Sh) and voltage-gated potassium-channels Kv1.1/KCNA1, Kv1.2/KCNA2, Kv1.3/KCNA3. Also inhibits small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (KCNN) and intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel (KCa3.1/KCNN4). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14498829, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9688256}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Centruroides noxius (Mexican scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks Shaker B (Sh) and voltage-gated potassium-channels Kv1.1/KCNA1, Kv1.2/KCNA2, Kv1.3/KCNA3. Also inhibits small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (KCNN) and intermediate conductance calcium-activated potassium channel (KCa3.1/KCNN4)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 10.1 (Cobatoxin-1) (CoTx1) (gtIX)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 10 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
Amidation
Calcium-activated potassium channel impairing toxin
Direct protein sequencing
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:14498829, ECO:0000305|PubMed:9688256}.