Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P58490 (KAX65_PANIM)

Names and origin

Protein names	Recommended name:     Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 6.5 Alternative name(s):     Pi-7       Short name=Pi7     Toxin-7
Organism	Pandinus imperator (Emperor scorpion)
Taxonomic identifier	55084 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineage	Eukaryota › Metazoa › Arthropoda › Chelicerata › Arachnida › Scorpiones › Iurida › Scorpionoidea › Scorpionidae › Scorpioninae › Pandinus

Protein attributes

Sequence length	38 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Blocks voltage-gated potassium channels By similarity.
Subcellular location	Secreted.
Tissue specificity	Expressed by the venom gland.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the short scorpion toxin superfamily. Potassium channel inhibitor family. Alpha-KTx 6 subfamily.

Ontologies

Keywords
Cellular component	Secreted
Molecular function	Toxin
PTM	Disulfide bond
Technical term	3D-structure Direct protein sequencing
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	pathogenesis Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Cellular component	extracellular region Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-SubCell
Molecular function	ion channel inhibitor activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: InterPro
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Sequence annotation (Features)

Feature key

Position(s)

Length

Description

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Feature identifier

Molecule processing

Peptide

1 – 38

38

Potassium channel toxin alpha-KTx 6.5

PRO_0000044914

Amino acid modifications

Disulfide bond

6 ↔ 27

Ref.2

Disulfide bond

12 ↔ 32

Ref.2

Disulfide bond

16 ↔ 34

Ref.2

Disulfide bond

22 ↔ 37

Ref.2

Secondary structure

1

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38

Helix Strand Turn

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Helix

9 – 19

11

Beta strand

25 – 28

4

Beta strand

31 – 34

4

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	P58490-1 [UniParc]. Last modified December 19, 2001. Version 1. Checksum: 101A3B3A95561FB8	FASTA	38	4,291
	10 20 30 DEAIRCTGTK DCYIPCRYIT GCFNSRCINK SCKCYGCT

References

[1]	"Two similar peptides from the venom of the scorpion Pandinus imperator, one highly effective blocker and the other inactive on K+ channels." Olamendi-Portugal T., Gomez-Lagunas F., Gurrola G.B., Possani L.D. Toxicon 36:759-770(1998) [PubMed: 9655636] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE. Tissue: Venom.
[2]	"Pi7, an orphan peptide from the scorpion Pandinus imperator: a 1H-NMR analysis using a nano-NMR probe." Delepierre M., Prochnicka-Chalufour A., Boisbouvier J., Possani L.D. Biochemistry 38:16756-16765(1999) [PubMed: 10606507] [Abstract] Cited for: STRUCTURE BY NMR, DISULFIDE BONDS.

Cross-references

3D structure databases

PDBPDBe

Entry	Method	Resolution (Å)	Chain	Positions	PDBsum
1QKY	NMR	-	A	1-38	[»]

ModBase

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Family and domain databases

InterPro

IPR001947. Scorpion_toxinS.
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Pfam

PF00451. Toxin_2. 1 hit.
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ProDom

PD003586. Scorpion_toxinS. 1 hit.
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PROSITE

PS01138. SCORP_SHORT_TOXIN. False negative.
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ProtoNet

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Entry information

Entry name

KAX65_PANIM

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: P58490

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	December 19, 2001
Last sequence update:	December 19, 2001
Last modified:	June 16, 2009
This is version 45 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

Tox-Prot (Toxin Annotation Project)