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Evolutionary diversification of Mesobuthus alpha-scorpion toxins affecting sodium channels

Structural highlights

2lkb is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Mesobuthus eupeus. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

SCXN5_MESEU Alpha toxins bind voltage-independently at site-3 of sodium channels (Nav) and inhibit the inactivation of the activated channels, thereby blocking neuronal transmission. This toxin inhibits inactivation of Nav1.6/SCN8A (EC(50)=790 nM) and drosophila DmNav1 (EC(50)=280 nM) (PubMed:21969612, Ref.2). The toxin (1 uM) does not significantly shift the midpoint of activation at the two channels, but induces a significant depolarizing shift in the V(1/2) of inactivation of the channels (PubMed:21969612). Has antimicrobial activity (Ref.2).^[1] [PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01210]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

We report molecular characterization of a new multigene family of alpha-scorpion toxins (named MeuNaTxalpha-1 to MeuNaTxalpha-13) from the scorpion Mesobuthus eupeus. Of them, five native toxins (MeuNaTxalpha-1 to -5) were purified to homogeneity from the venom and the solution structure of MeuNaTxalpha-5 was solved by nuclear magnetic resonance. A systematic functional evaluation of MeuNaTxalpha-1, -2, -4 and -5 was conducted by two-electrode voltage-clamp recordings on seven cloned mammalian VGSCs (Nav1.2 to Nav1.8) and the insect counterpart DmNav1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Results show that all these four peptides slow inactivation of DmNav1 and are inactive on Nav1.8 at micromolar concentrations. However, they exhibit differential specificity for the other six channel isoforms (Nav1.2 to Nav1.7), in which MeuNaTxalpha-4 shows no activity on these isoforms and thus represents the first Mesobuthus-derived insect-selective alpha-toxin identified so far with a half maximal effective concentration (EC50) of 130 nM on DmNav1 and a half maximal lethal concentration (LD50) of about 200 pmol-g on the insect Musca domestica; MeuNaTxalpha-2 only affects Nav1.4; MeuNaTxalpha-1 and MeuNaTxalpha-5 have a wider range of channel spectrum, the former active on Nav1.2, Nav1.3, Nav1.6, and Nav1.7, whereas the latter acting on Nav1.3-Nav1.7. Remarkably, MeuNaTxalpha-4 and MeuNaTxalpha-5 are two nearly identical peptides differing by only one point mutation at site 50 (A50V) but exhibit rather different channel subtype selectivity, highlighting a switch role of this site in altering the target specificity. By the maximum likelihood models of codon substitution, we detected nine positively selected sites (PSSs) that could be involved in functional diversification of Mesobuthus alpha-toxins. The PSSs include site 50 and other seven sites located in functional surfaces of alpha-toxins. This work represents the first thorough investigation of evolutionary diversification of alpha-toxins derived from a specific scorpion lineage from the perspectives of sequence, structure, function and evolution.

Evolutionary diversification of Mesobuthus {alpha}-scorpion toxins affecting sodium channels.,Zhu S, Peigneur S, Gao B, Lu X, Cao C, Tytgat J Mol Cell Proteomics. 2011 Oct 3. PMID:21969612^[2]

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References

↑ Zhu S, Peigneur S, Gao B, Lu X, Cao C, Tytgat J. Evolutionary diversification of Mesobuthus {alpha}-scorpion toxins affecting sodium channels. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2011 Oct 3. PMID:21969612 doi:10.1074/mcp.M111.012054
↑ Zhu S, Peigneur S, Gao B, Lu X, Cao C, Tytgat J. Evolutionary diversification of Mesobuthus {alpha}-scorpion toxins affecting sodium channels. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2011 Oct 3. PMID:21969612 doi:10.1074/mcp.M111.012054

1 Structural highlights
2 Function
3 Publication Abstract from PubMed
4 References

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 == Structural highlights ==
-<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2lkb]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesobuthus_eupeus Mesobuthus eupeus]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2LKB OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2LKB FirstGlance]. <br>
+<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2lkb]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesobuthus_eupeus Mesobuthus eupeus]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2LKB OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2LKB FirstGlance]. <br>
-</td></tr><tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2lkb FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2lkb OCA], [http://pdbe.org/2lkb PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2lkb RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2lkb PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2lkb ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
+</td></tr><tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2lkb FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2lkb OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2lkb PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2lkb RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2lkb PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2lkb ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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+== Function ==
+[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/SCXN5_MESEU SCXN5_MESEU] Alpha toxins bind voltage-independently at site-3 of sodium channels (Nav) and inhibit the inactivation of the activated channels, thereby blocking neuronal transmission. This toxin inhibits inactivation of Nav1.6/SCN8A (EC(50)=790 nM) and drosophila DmNav1 (EC(50)=280 nM) (PubMed:21969612, Ref.2). The toxin (1 uM) does not significantly shift the midpoint of activation at the two channels, but induces a significant depolarizing shift in the V(1/2) of inactivation of the channels (PubMed:21969612). Has antimicrobial activity (Ref.2).<ref>PMID:21969612</ref> [PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01210]
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 == Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
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+[[Category: Large Structures]]
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-[[Category: Cao, C]]
+[[Category: Cao C]]
-[[Category: Gao, B]]
+[[Category: Gao B]]
-[[Category: Lu, X]]
+[[Category: Lu X]]
-[[Category: Peigneur, S]]
+[[Category: Peigneur S]]
-[[Category: Tytgat, J]]
+[[Category: Tytgat J]]
-[[Category: Zhu, S]]
+[[Category: Zhu S]]
-[[Category: Mesobuthus alpha-scorpion]]
-[[Category: Toxin]]

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