General Information
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DRAMP ID
- DRAMP18111
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Peptide Name
- Mu-hexatoxin-Mg2a (Mu-HXTX-Mg2a; Neurotoxin magi-3)
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Source
- Macrothele gigas (Spider)
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Family
- Not found
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Gene
- Not found
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Sequence
- GGCIKWNHSCQTTTLKCCGKCVVCYCHTPWGTNCRCDRTRLFCTED
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Sequence Length
- 46
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UniProt Entry
- P83559
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Protein Existence
- Protein level
Activity Information
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Biological Activity
- Insecticidal
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Target Organism
- No MICs found in DRAMP database
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Hemolytic Activity
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- No hemolysis information or data found in the reference(s) presented in this entry
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Cytotoxicity
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- Not included yet
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Binding Target
- site 3 of the insect voltage- gated sodium channel (Nav)
Structure Information
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Linear/Cyclic
- Not included yet
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N-terminal Modification
- Not included yet
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C-terminal Modification
- Not included yet
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Nonterminal Modifications and Unusual Amino Acids
- Not included yet
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Stereochemistry
- Not included yet
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Structure
- Not found
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Structure Description
- Not found
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Helical Wheel Diagram
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PDB ID
- 6AX2
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Predicted Structure
- There is no predicted structure for DRAMP18111.
Physicochemical Information
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Formula
- C216H337N67O65S10
Absent Amino Acids
- AM
Common Amino Acids
- C
Mass
- 5233.06
PI
- 8.4
Basic Residues
- 8
Acidic Residues
- 3
Hydrophobic Residues
- 8
Net Charge
- +5
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Boman Index
- -8829
Hydrophobicity
- -0.354
Aliphatic Index
- 38.04
Half Life
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- Mammalian:30 hour
- Yeast:>20 hour
- E.coli:>10 hour
Extinction Coefficient Cystines
- 13115
Absorbance 280nm
- 291.44
Polar Residues
- 25
DRAMP18111
Comments Information
Function
- Competes for binding at site 3 of the insect voltage- gated sodium channel (Nav). Insecticidal neurotoxin. Causes temporary paralysis to lepidopteran larvae when injected at 10.3 nmol/g. Is not toxic to mice when injected intracranially at 20 pmol/g.##PTM
Literature Information
- ·Literature 1
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Title
- Distinct primary structures of the major peptide toxins from thevenom of the spider Macrothele gigas that bind to sites 3 and 4 in thesodium channel.
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Pubmed ID
- 12860384
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Reference
- FEBS Lett. 547:43-50 (2003).
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Author
- Corzo G., Gilles N., Satake H., Villegas E., Dai L., Nakajima T., Haupt J.