Omega-Atracotoxin
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omega-atracotoxin-262-9029626
title:
Omega-Atracotoxin
text:
omega-Atracotoxin (ω-atracotoxin) is an insect-specific neurotoxin produced by the Blue Mountains funnel-web spider. Its phylogenetic specificity derives from its ability to antagonise insect, but not vertebrate, voltage-gated calcium channels. Two spatially proximal amino acid residues, Asn(27) and Arg(35), form a contiguous molecular surface that is essential for toxin activity. It has been proposed that this surface of the beta-hairpin is a key site for interaction of the toxin with insect ca
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Insect-specific neurotoxin
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-Atracotoxin
date created:
date modified:
2023-11-25T17:55:27Z
main entity:
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