Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Voltage-independently blocks potassium currents on hKv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=217 uM), and hKv1.4/KCNA4 (IC(50)=71 uM) (expressed in CHO cells). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21624408}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Opisthacanthus cayaporum (South American scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-independently blocks potassium currents on hKv1.1/KCNA1 (IC(50)=217 uM), and hKv1.4/KCNA4 (IC(50)=71 uM) (expressed in CHO cells)..
Potassium channel toxin kappa-KTx 2.5 (OcyC8) (OcyKTx6)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor kappa-KTx family, Kappa-KTx 2 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
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:18502464, ECO:0000305|PubMed:21624408}.