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Protein

Potassium channel toxin gamma-KTx 2.1

Gene
N/A
Organism
Mesobuthus eupeus (Lesser Asian scorpion) (Buthus eupeus)
Status
Reviewed-Annotation score: Annotation score: 5 out of 5-Experimental evidence at protein leveli

Functioni

Blocks human and/or rat Kv11.1/KCNH2/ERG1, Kv11.2/KCNH6/ERG2 and Kv11.3/KCNH7/ERG3 by binding to channel outer vestibule (S5P domain) with a 1:1 stoichiometry. Inhibition data are the following: hERG1 (reversible, Kd=7.7 nM (PubMed:16497878), IC50=3.3 nM (PubMed:11136720), IC50=11.9 nM (PubMed:21205913)), rERG1 (reversible, Kd=19 nM) (PubMed:16497878), hERG2 (reversible, Kd=77 nM) (PubMed:16497878), rERG2 (irreversible, Kd=4.2 nM) (PubMed:16497878), hERG3 (reversible, Kd=11.5 nM) (PubMed:16497878) and rERG3 (reversible, Kd=747 nM) (PubMed:16497878) potassium channels. Has also a minimal effect on rat ELK1/KCNH4 potassium channels (9% inhibition at 100 nM (PubMed:15137031)). Both this toxin and CnErgTx1 (AC Q86QT3) share mechanism of action and have overlapping binding sites on ERG1 (PubMed:12719233). The potency of these two toxins is not affected by elevating potassium ion concentration from 2 to 98 mM (PubMed:12719233). In addition, at high toxin concentrations, block of ERG1 macroscopic currents by these two toxins is incomplete (88%) (PubMed:12719233). The blockade by this toxin is preferentially closed channel state-dependent, with a component of open, but not inactive state-dependent blockade (PubMed:12860380). This toxin produces a concentration-dependent prolongation of QTc in the isolated rabbit heart (16.3% at 100 nM) (PubMed:21205913).6 Publications

Miscellaneous

The inhibition potency of the toxin for ERG1 decreases as temperature increases (IC50=7.6 nM and IC50=15.3 nM at room temperature and 37 degrees Celsius, respectively), likely due to changes in the structure of the channel binding site.1 Publication
The toxin (at 100 nM) does not inhibit hEAG1/KCNH1, hBK/KCa1.1/KCNMA1, hSK1/KCa2.1/KCNN1, rSK2/KCa2.2/KCNN2, hIK/KCa3.1/KCNN4, KCNQ1+KCNE1, KCNQ2+KCNQ3 and KCNQ4 channels (PubMed:11136720). The toxin (at 50 nM) does not inhibit Kv1.2/KCNA2, Kv1.4/KCNA4, Kv2.1/KCNB1, Kv4.3/KCND3, Kir1.1/KCNJ1 (PubMed:15137031).2 Publications

Sites

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Sitei39Crucial for Kv11/ERG channel binding, plugs its side chain into the channel selectivity filter2 Publications1
Sitei41Crucial for Kv11/ERG channel binding2 Publications1

GO - Molecular functioni

GO - Biological processi

Keywordsi

Molecular functionIon channel impairing toxin, Neurotoxin, Potassium channel impairing toxin, Toxin, Voltage-gated potassium channel impairing toxin

Names & Taxonomyi

Protein namesi
Recommended name:
Potassium channel toxin gamma-KTx 2.11 Publication
Alternative name(s):
Neurotoxin BeKm-11 Publication
Short name:
BeKm1Curated
OrganismiMesobuthus eupeus (Lesser Asian scorpion) (Buthus eupeus)
Taxonomic identifieri34648 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineageiEukaryotaMetazoaEcdysozoaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaScorpionesButhidaButhoideaButhidaeMesobuthus

Subcellular locationi

GO - Cellular componenti

Keywords - Cellular componenti

Secreted

Pathology & Biotechi

Mutagenesis

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Mutagenesisi22R → A: 6.7-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi23P → A: 1.7-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi25D → A: 3.4-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi27K → A: 2.7-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi30E → A: 0.8-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi32Y → A: 14.7-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi33Q → A: 2.3-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi35F → A: 8.2-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi39K → A: 86.4-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi41R → A: 70.6-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi42F → A: 52.2-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi44K → A: 14.6-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi48R → A: 7.4-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1
Mutagenesisi48R → K: 60% loss of toxicity. No loss of activity; when associated with K-53. 2 Publications1
Mutagenesisi50V → A: 1.2-fold decrease in affinity to ERG-potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi53F → A: 1.4-fold decrease in affinity to ERG-potassium channels. 2 Publications1
Mutagenesisi53F → K: No loss of activity. No loss of activity but gain in inhibition of native calcium- activated potassium channels with Kd of about 72 nM; when associated with K-48. 2 Publications1
Mutagenesisi55D → A: 1.1-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1
Mutagenesisi57F → A: 3.2-fold decrease in affinity to Kv11/ERG potassium channels. 1 Publication1

PTM / Processingi

Molecule processing

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Signal peptidei1 – 211 PublicationAdd BLAST21
ChainiPRO_000003531322 – 57Potassium channel toxin gamma-KTx 2.11 PublicationAdd BLAST36

Amino acid modifications

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Disulfide bondi28 ↔ 491 Publication
Disulfide bondi34 ↔ 541 Publication
Disulfide bondi38 ↔ 561 Publication

Keywords - PTMi

Disulfide bond

Expressioni

Tissue specificityi

Expressed by the venom gland.Curated

Structurei

Secondary structure

157
Legend: HelixTurnBeta strandPDB Structure known for this area
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Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
Beta strandi23 – 27Combined sources5
Helixi31 – 33Combined sources3
Helixi34 – 40Combined sources7
Beta strandi45 – 50Combined sources6
Beta strandi53 – 57Combined sources5

3D structure databases

Select the link destinations:
PDBei
RCSB PDBi
PDBji
Links Updated
PDB entryMethodResolution (Å)ChainPositionsPDBsum
1J5JNMR-A22-57[»]
1LGLNMR-A22-57[»]
ProteinModelPortaliQ9BKB7.
SMRiQ9BKB7.
ModBaseiSearch...
MobiDBiSearch...

Miscellaneous databases

EvolutionaryTraceiQ9BKB7.

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

Keywords - Domaini

Signal

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.
ProDomiView protein in ProDom or Entries sharing at least one domain
PD003586. Scorpion_toxinS. 1 hit.
SUPFAMiSSF57095. SSF57095. 1 hit.

Sequencei

Sequence statusi: Complete.

Sequence processingi: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

Q9BKB7-1 [UniParc]FASTAAdd to basket

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MKISFVLLLT LFICSIGWSE ARPTDIKCSE SYQCFPVCKS RFGKTNGRCV

NGFCDCF
Length:57
Mass (Da):6,452
Last modified:June 1, 2001 - v1
Checksum:i8B85BF8660816666
GO

Sequence databases

Select the link destinations:
EMBLi
GenBanki
DDBJi
Links Updated
AF276623 mRNA. Translation: AAK28021.1.

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 nameiKGX21_MESEU
AccessioniPrimary (citable) accession number: Q9BKB7
Entry historyiIntegrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: October 31, 2003
Last sequence update: June 1, 2001
Last modified: November 2, 2016
This is version 73 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. See complete history.
Entry statusiReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programAnimal Toxin Annotation Program

Miscellaneousi

Caution

Has been classified as a gamma-KTx toxin due to its molecular target (Kv11/ERG), but may be classified as an alpha-KTx since it shares a high level of homology in both primary and 3D structures with other alpha-KTx scorpion toxins. However, it is noteworthy that surface by which BeKm-1 interacts with ERG1 is formed by residues located in the alpha-helix and the following loop, while the traditional functional site of other alpha-KTxs is formed by residues on the beta-sheet.1 Publication

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