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'''An unusual fold for potassium channel blockers : NMR structure of three toxins from the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis''' | '''An unusual fold for potassium channel blockers : NMR structure of three toxins from the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis''' | ||
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==About this Structure== | ==About this Structure== | ||
Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1WQC OCA]. | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
An unusual fold for potassium channel blockers: NMR structure of three toxins from the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis., Chagot B, Pimentel C, Dai L, Pil J, Tytgat J, Nakajima T, Corzo G, Darbon H, Ferrat G, Biochem J. 2005 May 15;388(Pt 1):263-71. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15631621 15631621] | An unusual fold for potassium channel blockers: NMR structure of three toxins from the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis., Chagot B, Pimentel C, Dai L, Pil J, Tytgat J, Nakajima T, Corzo G, Darbon H, Ferrat G, Biochem J. 2005 May 15;388(Pt 1):263-71. PMID:[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15631621 15631621] | ||
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[[Category: Tytgat, J.]] | [[Category: Tytgat, J.]] | ||
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An unusual fold for potassium channel blockers : NMR structure of three toxins from the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis
OverviewOverview
The Om-toxins are short peptides (23-27 amino acids) purified from the venom of the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis. Their pharmacological targets are thought to be potassium channels. Like Csalpha/beta (cystine-stabilized alpha/beta) toxins, the Om-toxins alter the electrophysiological properties of these channels; however, they do not share any sequence similarity with other scorpion toxins. We herein demonstrate by electrophysiological experiments that Om-toxins decrease the amplitude of the K+ current of the rat channels Kv1.1 and Kv1.2, as well as human Kv1.3. We also determine the solution structure of three of the toxins by use of two-dimensional proton NMR techniques followed by distance geometry and molecular dynamics. The structures of these three peptides display an uncommon fold for ion-channel blockers, Csalpha/alpha (cystine-stabilized alpha-helix-loop-helix), i.e. two alpha-helices connected by a loop and stabilized by two disulphide bridges. We compare the structures obtained and the dipole moments resulting from the electrostatic anisotropy of these peptides with those of the only other toxin known to share the same fold, namely kappa-hefutoxin1.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
An unusual fold for potassium channel blockers: NMR structure of three toxins from the scorpion Opisthacanthus madagascariensis., Chagot B, Pimentel C, Dai L, Pil J, Tytgat J, Nakajima T, Corzo G, Darbon H, Ferrat G, Biochem J. 2005 May 15;388(Pt 1):263-71. PMID:15631621 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 14:00:41 2008