ID AF2_GRARO Reviewed; 81 AA. AC P61409; F8WQV7; DT 24-MAY-2004, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 14-DEC-2011, sequence version 2. DT 25-JAN-2012, entry version 29. DE RecName: Full=Kappa-theraphotoxin-Gr2c; DE Short=Kappa-TRTX-Gr2c; DE AltName: Full=GsAF II; DE Short=GsAFII; DE AltName: Full=Mechanotoxin-alpha; DE Flags: Precursor; OS Grammostola rosea (Chilean rose tarantula) (Grammostola spatulata). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Arachnida; Araneae; OC Mygalomorphae; Theraphosidae; Grammostola. OX NCBI_TaxID=432528; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 51-81, AND FUNCTION. RC TISSUE=Venom, and Venom gland; RX PubMed=21740921; DOI=10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.06.006; RA Ono S., Kimura T., Kubo T.; RT "Characterization of voltage-dependent calcium channel blocking RT peptides from the venom of the tarantula Grammostola rosea."; RL Toxicon 58:265-276(2011). RN [2] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 51-81, FUNCTION, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, TISSUE RP SPECIFICITY, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY. RC TISSUE=Venom; RA Lampe R.A.; RT "Analgesic peptides from venom of Grammostola spatulata and use RT thereof."; RL Patent number US5877026, 02-MAR-1999. RN [3] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 51-81, FUNCTION, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, TISSUE RP SPECIFICITY, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY. RC TISSUE=Venom; RA Lampe R.A.; RT "Antiarrhythmic peptide from venom of spider Grammostola spatulata."; RL Patent number US5968838, 19-OCT-1999. RN [4] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 51-81, MASS SPECTROMETRY, FUNCTION, AND TOXIN RP TARGET. RX PubMed=19955179; DOI=10.1074/jbc.M109.054718; RA Redaelli E., Cassulini R.R., Silva D.F., Clement H., Schiavon E., RA Zamudio F.Z., Odell G., Arcangeli A., Clare J.J., Alagon A., RA de la Vega R.C., Possani L.D., Wanke E.; RT "Target promiscuity and heterogeneous effects of tarantula venom RT peptides affecting Na+ and K+ ion channels."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 285:4130-4142(2010). CC -!- FUNCTION: Inhibits sodium channels Nav1.1/SCN1A, Nav1.2/SCN2A, CC Nav1.4/SCN4A, Nav1.6/SCN8A, Nav1.7/SCN9A, potassium channels CC Kv11.1/KCNH2, as well as high-voltage-gated calcium channels CC Cav1.2/CACNA1C. Also blocks mechanosensitive ion channels (also CC named strech-activated channels or SACs) and the hypotonic cell CC swelling induced calcium increase associated with the activation CC of such channels. It can thus be useful in treating cardiac CC ventricular disturbances. Also induces analgesia in mammals. This CC analgesia is probably mediated by a non-opioid receptor related CC mechanism. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed by the venom gland. CC -!- DOMAIN: The presence of a 'disulfide through disulfide knot' CC structurally defines this protein as a knottin (By similarity). CC -!- MASS SPECTROMETRY: Mass=3979.9; Method=Electrospray; Range=51-81; CC Source=Ref.2, Ref.3; CC -!- MASS SPECTROMETRY: Mass=3980.0; Method=Unknown; Range=51-81; CC Source=PubMed:19955179; CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: This toxin does not have effect on sodium channels CC Nav1.3/SCN3A (IC(50)=24 uM) and Nav1.5/SCN5A (IC(50)>40 uM), and CC potassium channels Kv1.1/KCNA1, Kv1.4/KCNA4, Kv11.2/KCNH6 and CC Kv11.3/KCNH7 (IC(50)>200 uM) (PubMed:19955179). CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the phrixotoxin family. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AB612242; BAK55734.1; -; mRNA. DR ProteinModelPortal; P61409; -. DR ArachnoServer; AS000027; kappa-theraphotoxin-Gr2c. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0019870; F:potassium channel inhibitor activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0019871; F:sodium channel inhibitor activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0009405; P:pathogenesis; IEA:InterPro. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Calcium channel inhibitor; Direct protein sequencing; Disulfide bond; KW Ionic channel inhibitor; Knottin; Potassium channel inhibitor; KW Secreted; Signal; Sodium channel inhibitor; Toxin. FT SIGNAL 1 19 Potential. FT PROPEP 20 50 FT /FTId=PRO_0000414298. FT PEPTIDE 51 81 Kappa-theraphotoxin-Gr2c. FT /FTId=PRO_0000045016. FT DISULFID 52 66 By similarity. FT DISULFID 59 71 By similarity. FT DISULFID 65 75 By similarity. FT CONFLICT 81 81 Missing (in Ref. 1; AA sequence). SQ SEQUENCE 81 AA; 9679 MW; 8BD59C517DAA704C CRC64; MKAFFVILGL ALLCAYSFAL EEQDQLSLRN DLLTVMFAEN SELTPETEER YCQKWMWTCD EERKCCEGLV CRLWCKKKIE W //