protoxin II   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 7571

Synonyms: β/ω-theraphotoxin-Tp2a | β/ω-TRTX-Tp2a | protoxin-2 | ProTx-2 | ProTx-II | ProTx2 | PT-II
Comment: Toxin from Thrixopelma pruriens (Peruvian green velvet tarantula).
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References
1. Middleton RE, Warren VA, Kraus RL, Hwang JC, Liu CJ, Dai G, Brochu RM, Kohler MG, Gao YD, Garsky VM et al.. (2002)
Two tarantula peptides inhibit activation of multiple sodium channels.
Biochemistry, 41 (50): 14734-47. [PMID:12475222]
2. Schmalhofer WA, Calhoun J, Burrows R, Bailey T, Kohler MG, Weinglass AB, Kaczorowski GJ, Garcia ML, Koltzenburg M, Priest BT. (2008)
ProTx-II, a selective inhibitor of NaV1.7 sodium channels, blocks action potential propagation in nociceptors.
Mol Pharmacol, 74 (5): 1476-84. [PMID:18728100]