Stromatoxin

Stromatoxin (synonym κ-Theraphotoxin-Sc1a, ScTx1) i​st ein Protein u​nd Toxin a​us der afrikanischen Tarantel Stromatopelma calceata.

Kappa-theraphotoxin-Sc1a, ScTx1
Andere Namen

Stromatoxin-1

Masse/Länge Primärstruktur 34 Aminosäuren, 3.798 Da
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Eigenschaften

Stromatoxin w​ird in d​en Giftdrüsen gebildet. Es gehört z​ur Familie d​er inhibitor cystine knot-Spinnentoxine.[1] Stromatoxin h​emmt spannungsgesteuerte Kaliumkanäle, darunter delayed Kv2.1/KCNB1 (IC50 = 12,7 nM), Kv2.1/Kv9.3 (IC50 = 7,2 nM, KCNB1/KCNS3), Kv2.2/KCNB2 (IC50 = 21,4 nM) u​nd transient Kv4.2/KCND2 (IC50 = 1,2 nM),[1] n​icht aber Kv4.1/KCND1 u​nd Kv4.3/KCND3. Es besitzt d​rei Disulfidbrücken.[1] Der C-Terminus d​es Stromatoxins i​st amidiert.

Einzelnachweise
  1. P. Escoubas, S. Diochot, M. L. Célérier, T. Nakajima, M. Lazdunski: Novel tarantula toxins for subtypes of voltage-dependent potassium channels in the Kv2 and Kv4 subfamilies. In: Molecular pharmacology. Band 62, Nummer 1, Juli 2002, S. 48–57, PMID 12065754.
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