Iberiotoxin
| Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 1.3 | ||
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Iberiotoxin, IbTx |
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| Mass / length primary structure | 37 amino acids , 4,254 Da | |
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Iberiotoxin (synonym Kaliumkanaltoxin alpha-KTx 1.3 , IbTx ) is a toxin from the red Indian scorpion Mesobuthus tamulus .
properties
Iberiotoxin is a protein and scorpion toxin . Iberiotoxin binds and inhibits calcium- activated potassium channels of the type maxi-K ( KCa1.1 / KCNMA1 ). Iberiotoxin is structurally related to charybdotoxin a , charybdotoxin b , limbatus toxin and also to noxious toxin , margatoxin and tityus toxin Kα .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hervé Rochat: Animal Toxins. Springer Science & Business Media, 2000, ISBN 978-3-764-35983-6 , p. 184.