Evidence 1
Activity
Activity
Neurotoxin
FUNCTION: Is toxic to insects. Reduces amplitude and frequency of spontaneous firing and inhibits voltage-gated sodium current (Nav) in the dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons of P.americana. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23651762}.
Target
voltage-gated sodium channel (Nav)
Source & Reference
NA
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot
Other
Acanthoscurria natalensis (Tarantula spider)
Neurotoxin
Ion channel impairing toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
Is toxic to insects. Reduces amplitude and frequency of spontaneous firing and inhibits voltage-gated sodium current (Nav) in the dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons of P.americana..
Mu-theraphotoxin-An1a (Mu-TRTX-An1a)
spider
Neurotoxin 12 (Hwtx-2) family, 01 (Ap1a) subfamily
Evidence at protein level
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Ion channel impairing toxin
Neurotoxin
Secreted
Toxin
Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin
TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. {ECO:0000305|PubMed:23651762}.