ID T2MG2_AGEAP Reviewed; 37 AA. AC P11058; DT 01-JUL-1989, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-JUL-1989, sequence version 1. DT 22-FEB-2023, entry version 89. DE RecName: Full=Mu-agatoxin-Aa1b {ECO:0000305}; DE Short=Mu-AGTX-Aa1b {ECO:0000305}; DE AltName: Full=Mu-agatoxin II {ECO:0000303|PubMed:2914898}; DE Short=Mu-Aga II {ECO:0000303|PubMed:2914898}; DE AltName: Full=Mu-agatoxin-2 {ECO:0000305}; OS Agelenopsis aperta (North American funnel-web spider) (Agelenopsis OS gertschi). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Araneae; OC Araneomorphae; Entelegynae; Agelenidae; Agelenopsis. OX NCBI_TaxID=6908; RN [1] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE, FUNCTION, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, TOXIC DOSE, AND PROBABLE RP AMIDATION AT SER-37. RC TISSUE=Venom; RX PubMed=2914898; DOI=10.1016/s0021-9258(18)94154-2; RA Skinner W.S., Adams M.E., Quistad G.B., Kataoka H., Cesarin B.J., RA Enderlin F.E., Schooley D.A.; RT "Purification and characterization of two classes of neurotoxins from the RT funnel web spider, Agelenopsis aperta."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 264:2150-2155(1989). RN [2] RP REVIEW. RX PubMed=15066410; DOI=10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.004; RA Adams M.E.; RT "Agatoxins: ion channel specific toxins from the American funnel web RT spider, Agelenopsis aperta."; RL Toxicon 43:509-525(2004). CC -!- FUNCTION: Insecticidal neurotoxin that induces an irreversible spastic CC paralysis when injected into insects. Modifies presynaptic voltage- CC gated sodium channels (Nav), causing them to open at the normal resting CC potential of the nerve. This leads to spontaneous release of CC neurotransmitter and repetitive action potentials in motor neurons. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2914898}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2914898}. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. CC {ECO:0000305|PubMed:2914898}. CC -!- DOMAIN: The presence of a 'disulfide through disulfide knot' CC structurally defines this protein as a knottin. {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- TOXIC DOSE: LD(50) is 75 +-27 mg/kg into third stadium larvae of CC M.sexta. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2914898}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the neurotoxin 07 (Beta/delta-agtx) family. 01 CC (aga-2) subfamily. {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR PIR; B32038; B32038. DR AlphaFoldDB; P11058; -. DR SMR; P11058; -. DR TCDB; 8.B.6.1.2; the ca(2+) channel-targeting spider toxin (cst) family. DR ArachnoServer; AS000377; mu-agatoxin-Aa1b. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0044231; C:host cell presynaptic membrane; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0017080; F:sodium channel regulator activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0090729; F:toxin activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR InterPro; IPR016328; Beta/delta-agatoxin_fam. DR Pfam; PF05980; Toxin_7; 1. DR PIRSF; PIRSF001882; Curtatoxin; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF57059; omega toxin-like; 1. DR PROSITE; PS60015; MU_AGATOXIN; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Amidation; Direct protein sequencing; Disulfide bond; KW Ion channel impairing toxin; Knottin; Neurotoxin; Presynaptic neurotoxin; KW Secreted; Toxin; Voltage-gated sodium channel impairing toxin. FT PEPTIDE 1..37 FT /note="Mu-agatoxin-Aa1b" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:2914898" FT /id="PRO_0000044954" FT MOD_RES 37 FT /note="Serine amide" FT /evidence="ECO:0000305|PubMed:2914898" FT DISULFID 2..18 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P83257" FT DISULFID 9..23 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P83257" FT DISULFID 17..33 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P83257" FT DISULFID 25..31 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P83257" SQ SEQUENCE 37 AA; 4110 MW; 8900D367B4F096CD CRC64; ECATKNKRCA DWAGPWCCDG LYCSCRSYPG CMCRPSS //