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==Solution structure of the insecticidal spider-venom peptide Aps III==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2m36]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apomastus_schlingeri Apomastus schlingeri]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2M36 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2M36 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Solution NMR, 20 models</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2m36 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2m36 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2m36 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2m36 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2m36 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2m36 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/TXP3_APOSC TXP3_APOSC] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
One of the most potent insecticidal venom peptides described to date is Aps III from the venom of the trapdoor spider Apomastus schlingeri. Aps III is highly neurotoxic to lepidopteran crop pests, making it a promising candidate for bioinsecticide development. However, its disulfide-connectivity, three-dimensional structure, and mode of action have not been determined. Here we show that recombinant Aps III (rAps III) is an atypical knottin peptide; three of the disulfide bridges form a classical inhibitor cystine knot motif while the fourth disulfide acts as a molecular staple that restricts the flexibility of an unusually large beta hairpin loop that often houses the pharmacophore in this class of toxins. We demonstrate that the irreversible paralysis induced in insects by rAps III results from a potent block of insect voltage-gated sodium channels. Channel block by rAps III is voltage-independent insofar as it occurs without significant alteration in the voltage-dependence of channel activation or steady-state inactivation. Thus, rAps III appears to be a pore blocker that plugs the outer vestibule of insect voltage-gated sodium channels. This mechanism of action contrasts strikingly with virtually all other sodium channel modulators isolated from spider venoms that act as gating modifiers by interacting with one or more of the four voltage-sensing domains of the channel.

The insecticidal neurotoxin Aps III is an atypical knottin peptide that potently blocks insect voltage-gated sodium channels.,Bende NS, Kang E, Herzig V, Bosmans F, Nicholson GM, Mobli M, King GF Biochem Pharmacol. 2013 Mar 6. pii: S0006-2952(13)00153-6. doi:, 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.02.030. PMID:23473802<ref>PMID:23473802</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Apomastus schlingeri]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Bende NS]]
[[Category: King GF]]
[[Category: Mobli M]]