Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds voltage-independently at site-3 of voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) and inhibits the inactivation of the activated channels, thereby blocking neuronal transmission. {ECO:0000250}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Lychas mucronatus (Chinese swimming scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Binds voltage-independently at site-3 of voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) and inhibits the inactivation of the activated channels, thereby blocking neuronal transmission..
Neurotoxin LmNaTx35.2
scorpion
Long (4 C-C) scorpion toxin superfamily, Sodium channel inhibitor family, Alpha subfamily
Evidence at transcript level
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland.