Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds specifically to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), thereby delaying their inactivation during signal transduction (PubMed:31330191). Thus it strongly stimulates mammalian cardiac muscle contraction (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P01529, ECO:0000305|PubMed:31330191}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Bunodosoma capense (Knobbly sea anemone) (Actinia capensis)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Binds specifically to voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), thereby delaying their inactivation during signal transduction (PubMed:31330191). Thus it strongly stimulates mammalian cardiac muscle contraction (By similarity)..
Delta-actitoxin-Bca1a (Delta-AITX-Bca1a)
sea anemone
Sea anemone sodium channel inhibitory toxin family, Type I subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Nematocyst
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin