Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Potent inhibitor of the A-type voltage-gated potassium channels. Most potent inhibitor of Kv1.2/KCNA2 channels. Reversibly block the Shaker B potassium-channels (Kv1.1 sub-family). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8660410}.
Target
voltage-gated potassium channel (Kv)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Pandinus imperator (Emperor scorpion)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Potassium channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin
Potent inhibitor of the A-type voltage-gated potassium channels. Most potent inhibitor of Kv1.2/KCNA2 channels.
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 7.1 (Pandinotoxin-alpha) (Potassium channel-blocking toxin 2) (Pi-2) (Pi2) (Toxin PiTX-K-alpha)
PTX-1
scorpion
Short scorpion toxin superfamily, Potassium channel inhibitor family, Alpha-KTx 07 subfamily
Evidence at protein level
3D-structure
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.