1bgk
SEA ANEMONE TOXIN (BGK) WITH HIGH AFFINITY FOR VOLTAGE DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CHANNEL, NMR, 15 STRUCTURES
Structural highlights
FunctionK1B_BUNGR Inhibits voltage-dependent potassium channels of the Kv1 family (Kv1.1/KCNA1 (Kd=6 nM), Kv1.2/KCNA2 (Kd=15 nM), Kv1.3/KCNA3 (Kd=10-39 nM), Kv1.6/KCNA6, and KCa3.1/KCNN4 (Kd=172 nM)).[1] [2] [3] [4] Publication Abstract from PubMedBgK is a K+ channel-blocking toxin from the sea anemone Bunodosoma granulifera. It is a 37-residue protein that adopts a novel fold, as determined by NMR and modeling. An alanine-scanning-based analysis revealed the functional importance of five residues, which include a critical lysine and an aromatic residue separated by 6.6 +/- 1.0 A. The same diad is found in the three known homologous toxins from sea anemones. More strikingly, a similar functional diad is present in all K+ channel-blocking toxins from scorpions, although these toxins adopt a distinct scaffold. Moreover, the functional diads of potassium channel-blocking toxins from sea anemone and scorpions superimpose in the three-dimensional structures. Therefore, toxins that have unrelated structures but similar functions possess conserved key functional residues, organized in an identical topology, suggesting a convergent functional evolution for these small proteins. On the convergent evolution of animal toxins. Conservation of a diad of functional residues in potassium channel-blocking toxins with unrelated structures.,Dauplais M, Lecoq A, Song J, Cotton J, Jamin N, Gilquin B, Roumestand C, Vita C, de Medeiros CL, Rowan EG, Harvey AL, Menez A J Biol Chem. 1997 Feb 14;272(7):4302-9. PMID:9020148[5] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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