- Omega-atracotoxin
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Omega-atracotoxin Identifiers Symbol Omega-toxin Pfam PF06357 InterPro IPR009415 SCOP 1hvw Available protein structures: Pfam structures PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe PDBsum structure summary Omega-atracotoxin is an insect-specific neurotoxin of Blue mountains funnel-web spiders whose phylogenetic specificity derives from its ability to antagonise insect, but not vertebrate, voltage-gated calcium channels. Two spatially proximal amino acid residues, Asn(27) and Arg(35), form a contiguous molecular surface that is essential for toxin activity. It has been proposed that this surface of the beta-hairpin is a key site for interaction of the toxin with insect calcium channels.[1]
References
- ^ King GF, Fletcher JI, Tedford HW (2001). "Functional significance of the beta hairpin in the insecticidal neurotoxin omega-atracotoxin-Hv1a". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (28): 26568–26576. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102199200. PMID 11313356.
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