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Protein

Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 23.1

Gene
N/A
Organism
Vaejovis mexicanus smithi (Scorpion) (Vaejovis smithi)
Status
Reviewed-Annotation score: Annotation score: 5 out of 5-Experimental evidence at protein leveli

Functioni

Selectively and irreversibly binds (K(d)=2.9 pM) and blocks hKv1.3/KCNA3 potassium channels of human T-lymphocytes. Weakly blocks hKCa3.1/KCNN4, mKv1.1/KCNA1, and hKv1.2/KCNA2 channels. In vivo, high doses (200 µg) produce no symptoms of intoxication when injected into mice.3 Publications

Miscellaneous

Does not block hKv1.4/KCNA4, hKv1.5/KCNA5, rKv2.1/KCNB1, hBK, hERG, Nav1.5/SCN5A channels when assayed at a concentration of 10 nM.1 Publication

Sites

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Sitei25Basic residue of the functional dyad1
Sitei34Aromatic residue of the functional dyad1

GO - Molecular functioni

GO - Biological processi

Keywordsi

Molecular functionIon channel impairing toxin, Neurotoxin, Potassium channel impairing toxin, Toxin

Names & Taxonomyi

Protein namesi
Recommended name:
Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 23.12 Publications
Alternative name(s):
Toxin Vm242 Publications
Toxin alpha-KTx 21.1
OrganismiVaejovis mexicanus smithi (Scorpion) (Vaejovis smithi)
Taxonomic identifieri1562928 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineageiEukaryotaMetazoaEcdysozoaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaScorpionesIuridaChactoideaVaejovidaeVaejovis

Subcellular locationi

GO - Cellular componenti

Keywords - Cellular componenti

Secreted

PTM / Processingi

Molecule processing

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
ChainiPRO_00004159291 – 36Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 23.12 PublicationsAdd BLAST36

Amino acid modifications

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Disulfide bondi6 ↔ 261 PublicationImported
Disulfide bondi12 ↔ 311 PublicationImported
Disulfide bondi16 ↔ 331 PublicationImported
Disulfide bondi21 ↔ 361 PublicationImported
Modified residuei36Cysteine amide2 Publications1

Keywords - PTMi

Amidation, Disulfide bond

Expressioni

Tissue specificityi

Expressed by the venom gland.3 Publications

Structurei

Secondary structure

136
Legend: HelixTurnBeta strandPDB Structure known for this area
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Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Beta strandi3 – 5Combined sources3
Beta strandi8 – 10Combined sources3
Helixi13 – 16Combined sources4
Beta strandi22 – 34Combined sources13

3D structure databases

Select the link destinations:
PDBei
RCSB PDBi
PDBji
Links Updated
PDB entryMethodResolution (Å)ChainPositionsPDBsum
2K9ONMR-A1-36[»]
SMRiP0DJ31.
ModBaseiSearch...
MobiDBiSearch...

Family & Domainsi

Domaini

Has the CSalpha/beta fold, which comprises one or two short alpha helices connected to anti-parallel beta-sheets stabilized by three or four disulfide bonds.1 Publication

Sequence similaritiesi

Family and domain databases

Gene3Di3.30.30.10. 1 hit.
InterProiView protein in InterPro
IPR003614. Scorpion_toxin-like.
IPR001947. Scorpion_toxinS_K_inh.
PfamiView protein in Pfam
PF00451. Toxin_2. 1 hit.
PRINTSiPR00286. CHARYBDTOXIN.
SUPFAMiSSF57095. SSF57095. 1 hit.
PROSITEiView protein in PROSITE
PS01138. SCORP_SHORT_TOXIN. 1 hit.

Sequencei

Sequence statusi: Complete.

P0DJ31-1 [UniParc]FASTAAdd to basket

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        10         20         30 
AAAISCVGSP ECPPKCRAQG CKNGKCMNRK CKCYYC
Length:36
Mass (Da):3,873
Last modified:March 21, 2012 - v1
Checksum:iD7A77050D7902995
GO

Mass spectrometryi

Molecular mass is 3864.0 Da from positions 1 - 36. Determined by ESI. 1 Publication

Similar proteinsi

Links to similar proteins from the UniProt Reference Clusters (UniRef) at 100%, 90% and 50% sequence identity:
100%UniRef100 combines identical sequences and sub-fragments with 11 or more residues from any organism into one UniRef entry.
90%UniRef90 is built by clustering UniRef100 sequences that have at least 90% sequence identity to, and 80% overlap with, the longest sequence (a.k.a seed sequence).
50%UniRef50 is built by clustering UniRef90 seed sequences that have at least 50% sequence identity to, and 80% overlap with, the longest sequence in the cluster.

Entry informationi

Entry nameiKA231_VAEMS
AccessioniPrimary (citable) accession number: P0DJ31
Entry historyiIntegrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: March 21, 2012
Last sequence update: March 21, 2012
Last modified: May 10, 2017
This is version 20 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. See complete history.
Entry statusiReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programAnimal Toxin Annotation Program

Miscellaneousi

Keywords - Technical termi

3D-structure, Direct protein sequencing

Documents

  1. PDB cross-references
    Index of Protein Data Bank (PDB) cross-references
  2. Scorpion potassium channel toxins
    Nomenclature of scorpion potassium channel toxins and list of entries
  3. SIMILARITY comments
    Index of protein domains and families