Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Inhibits Kv1.2/KCNA2 and Kv1.3/KCNA3 voltage-gated potassium channels (PubMed:29483648). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:29483648}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Opistophthalmus carinatus (African yellow leg scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Inhibits Kv1.2/KCNA2 and Kv1.3/KCNA3 voltage-gated potassium channels (PubMed:29483648)..
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 6.9 (OcKTx4)
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 06 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
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:14696198}.