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Toxin from the scorpion, Androctonus mauretanicus m., (peptide, 4 kD) that blocks some potassium channels. Closely related to charybdotoxin and agitoxins.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
kaliotoxin
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Kaliotoxin — (KTX) is an ion channel toxin which inhibits potassium flux through the Kv1.3 voltage gated potassium channel and calcium activated potassium channels by physically blocking the channel entrance and secondly KTX induces a conformational change in … Wikipedia
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Margatoxin — (MgTX) is a peptide that selectively inhibits Kv1.3 voltage dependent potassium channels. It is found in the venom of Centruroides margaritatus, also known as the Central American Bark Scorpion. Margatoxin was first discovered in 1993. It was… … Wikipedia
agitoxins — Scorpion toxins (peptides) that inhibit potassium channels. Closely related to kaliotoxin … Dictionary of molecular biology
Androctonus mauretanicus mauretanicus — Moroccan scorpion. See kaliotoxin … Dictionary of molecular biology
KTX — See kaliotoxin … Dictionary of molecular biology
margaratoxin — Charybdotoxin related peptide toxin (39 residues) from scorpion Centruroides margaritatus. Blocks mammalian voltage gated potassium channels in neural tissues and lymphocytes. Very similar to noxiustoxin and kaliotoxin … Dictionary of molecular biology
KTX — abbr. Kaliotoxin … Dictionary of abbreviations
