Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Beta toxins bind voltage-independently at site-4 of sodium channels (Nav) and shift the voltage of activation toward more negative potentials thereby affecting sodium channel activation and promoting spontaneous and repetitive firing. {ECO:0000250}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Tityus pachyurus (Colombian scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Beta toxins bind voltage-independently at site-4 of sodium channels (Nav) and shift the voltage of activation toward more negative potentials thereby affecting sodium channel activation and promoting spontaneous and repetitive firing..
Toxin Tpa6 (T-alpha* NaTx7.4)
scorpion
Long (4 C-C) scorpion toxin superfamily, Sodium channel inhibitor family, Beta 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.