Structural highlights
Function
[VSTX1_GRARO] Inhibits sodium channels Nav1.7/SCN9A and potassium channels Kv11.1/KCNH2. Also binds the voltage-sensor domain of the potassium channel KvAP (from the archaeon Aeropyrum pernix) with very slow apparent binding kinetics and affects channel gating. Reaches its target by dynamically partitioning into anionic or zwitterionic headgroup lipid membranes. May bind to the open state of KvAP.[1] [2] [3] [4]
References
- ↑ Lee SY, MacKinnon R. A membrane-access mechanism of ion channel inhibition by voltage sensor toxins from spider venom. Nature. 2004 Jul 8;430(6996):232-5. PMID:15241419 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02632
- ↑ Ruta V, MacKinnon R. Localization of the voltage-sensor toxin receptor on KvAP. Biochemistry. 2004 Aug 10;43(31):10071-9. PMID:15287735 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi049463y
- ↑ Bemporad D, Sands ZA, Wee CL, Grottesi A, Sansom MS. Vstx1, a modifier of Kv channel gating, localizes to the interfacial region of lipid bilayers. Biochemistry. 2006 Oct 3;45(39):11844-55. PMID:17002285 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi061111z
- ↑ Redaelli E, Cassulini RR, Silva DF, Clement H, Schiavon E, Zamudio FZ, Odell G, Arcangeli A, Clare JJ, Alagon A, de la Vega RC, Possani LD, Wanke E. Target promiscuity and heterogeneous effects of tarantula venom peptides affecting Na+ and K+ ion channels. J Biol Chem. 2010 Feb 5;285(6):4130-42. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.054718. Epub 2009, Dec 2. PMID:19955179 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.054718
