Bioactivity | Noxiustoxin is a toxin from the venom of the Mexican scorpion Centruroides noxius which block voltage-dependent potassium channel (Kv1.3, IC50 = 360 nM), and calcium-activated potassium channel. Noxiustoxin plays an important role in neuroinflammatory disease[1][2]. |
Name | Noxiustoxin |
CAS | 85205-49-8 |
Sequence | Thr-Ile-Ile-Asn-Val-Lys-Cys-Thr-Ser-Pro-Lys-Gln-Cys-Ser-Lys-Pro-Cys-Lys-Glu-Leu-Tyr-Gly-Ser-Ser-Ala-Gly-Ala-Lys-Cys-Met-Asn-Gly-Lys-Cys-Lys-Cys-Tyr-Asn-Asn-NH2 (Disulfide bridge:Cys7-Cys29;Cys13-Cys34;Cys17-Cys36) |
Shortening | TIINVKCTSPKQCSKPCKELYGSSAGAKCMNGKCKCYNN-NH2 (Disulfide bridge:Cys7-Cys29;Cys13-Cys34;Cys17-Cys36) |
Formula | C174H286N52O54S7 |
Molar Mass | 4195.00 |
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]. M Dauplais, et al. Determination of the Three-Dimensional Solution Structure of Noxiustoxin: Analysis of Structural Differences with Related Short-Chain Scorpion Toxins. Biochemistry.1995 Dec 26;34(51):16563-73. [2]. H H Valdivia, et al. Charybdotoxin and noxiustoxin, two homologous peptide inhibitors of the K+(Ca2+) channel. FEBS Lett. 1988 Jan 4;226(2):280-4. |