Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Binds reversibly and blocks P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P58608}.
Target
voltage-gated calcium channel (Cav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Platymeris rhadamanthus (Red spot assassin bug)
Neurotoxin
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
Binds reversibly and blocks P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channels (Cav)..
U-reduvitoxin-Pr2a (U-RDTX-Pr2a) [Cleaved into: U-reduvitoxin-Pr2b (U-RDTX-Pr2b)]
insect
Venom Ptu1-like knottin family
Evidence at protein level
Calcium channel impairing toxin
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Knottin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Signal
Toxin
Voltage-gated calcium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland (posterior main gland) (at protein level). {ECO:0000305|PubMed:31752210}.