Solution structure of maurotoxin, a scorpion toxin from Scorpio maurus, with high affinity for voltage-gated potassium channels

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 321-333

  Blanc, E ^a   Sabatier, J M ^b   Kharrat, R ^c   Meunier, S ^a,d   El Ayeb, M ^c   Van Rietschoten, J ^b   Darbon, H ^a,b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maurotoxin; NMR; Potassium channel; Scorpion neurotoxin; Structure

Indexed keywords

MAUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HYDROGEN BONDING; ION CHANNEL GATING; KV1.2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030783712     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199711)29:3<321::AID-PROT6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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