Potassium toxin 2
| Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 3.5 | ||
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Potassium toxin-2, KTX-2 |
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| Mass / length primary structure | 37 amino acids | |
| Precursor | 59 amino acids, 6,393 Da | |
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Potassium toxin 2 (synonym potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 3.5 ) is a toxin from the scorpion Androctonus australis .
properties
Kaliotoxin 2 is a protein and scorpion toxin from A. australis , as is Kaliotoxin 1 . It binds and inhibits dendrotoxin- sensitive voltage-gated potassium channels . Kaliotoxin 1 and 2 are structurally most closely related to Agitoxin 1 , Agitoxin 2, and Agitoxin 3 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ C. Legros, E. Feyfant, F. Sampieri, H. Rochat, PE Bougis, MF Martin-Eauclaire: Influence of a NH2-terminal extension on the activity of KTX2, a K + channel blocker purified from Androctonus australis scorpion venom. In: FEBS letters. Volume 417, Number 1, November 1997, pp. 123-129, PMID 9395089 .
- ^ Hervé Rochat: Animal Toxins. Springer Science & Business Media, 2000, ISBN 978-3-764-35983-6 , p. 184.