| Hefutoxin family | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Toxin_25 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF08095 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR012630 | ||||||||
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Kappa- Hefutoxin 1 and 2 are toxins from the venom of the Asian forest black scorpion Heterometrus fulvipes with a unique structure. It blocks the potassium channels Kv1.2 and Kv1.3 and slows the activation of Kv1.3.
- ^ Srinivasan KN, Sivaraja V, Huys I, Sasaki T, Cheng B, Kumar TK, et al. (August 2002). "kappa-Hefutoxin1, a novel toxin from the scorpion Heterometrus fulvipes with unique structure and function. Importance of the functional diad in potassium channel selectivity". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (33): 30040–30047. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111258200. PMID 12034709.