Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Blocks Kv3 voltage-gated potassium channels. Reduces blood pressure. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P11494}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
proton-gated sodium channel / ASIC
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Anemonia viridis (Snakelocks anemone)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Blocks Kv3 voltage-gated potassium channels. Reduces blood pressure..
Kappa-actitoxin-Avd4j (Kappa-AITX-Avd4j) (Antihypertensive protein BDS-10) (Blood depressing substance 10) (BDS-10)
sea anemone
Sea anemone type 3 (BDS) potassium channel toxin family
Evidence at transcript level
Cleavage on pair of basic residues
Disulfide bond
Hypotensive agent
Ion channel impairing toxin
Nematocyst
Neurotoxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Weakly expressed in the ectodermal tissue from the distal and proximal tentacles, body wall, and oral disk. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:24177670}.