Bioactivity | Calciseptine, a natural?neurotoxin?isolated from the black mamba Dendroaspis p. polylepis venom. Calciseptine consists of 60 amino acids with four disulfide bonds. Calciseptine specifically blocks L-type?calcium channel[1]. |
Name | Calciseptin |
CAS | 178805-91-9 |
Sequence | Arg-Ile-Cys-Tyr-Ile-His-Lys-Ala-Ser-Leu-Pro-Arg-Ala-Thr-Lys-Thr-Cys-Val-Glu-Asn-Thr-Cys-Tyr-Lys-Met-Phe-Ile-Arg-Thr-Gln-Arg-Glu-Tyr-Ile-Ser-Glu-Arg-Gly-Cys-Gly-Cys-Pro-Thr-Ala-Met-Trp-Pro-Tyr-Gln-Thr-Glu-Cys-Cys-Lys-Gly-Asp-Arg-Cys-Asn-Lys (Disulfide bridge:Cys3-Cys22;Cys17-Cys39;Cys41-Cys52; Cys53-Cys58) |
Shortening | RICYIHKASLPRATKTCVENTCYKMFIRTQREYISERGCGCPTAMWPYQTECCKGDRCNK (Disulfide bridge:Cys3-Cys22;Cys17-Cys39;Cys41-Cys52; Cys53-Cys58) |
Formula | C299H468N90O87S10 |
Molar Mass | 7036.12 |
Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. |
Storage | Please store the product under the recommended conditions in the Certificate of Analysis. |
Reference | [1]. H Schweitz, et al. Calcicludine, a venom peptide of the Kunitz-type protease inhibitor family, is a potent blocker of high-threshold Ca2+ channels with a high affinity for L-type channels in cerebellar granule neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Feb 1; 91(3): 878–882. |