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==High resolution solution NMR structure of the spider venom peptide U5- scytotoxin-Sth1a==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[5fzx]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scytodes_thoracica Scytodes thoracica]. Full experimental information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=5FZX OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=5FZX 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=5fzx FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=5fzx OCA], [https://pdbe.org/5fzx PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=5fzx RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/5fzx PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=5fzx ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/U51A_SCYTH U51A_SCYTH] Probable insect neurotoxin with ion channel impairing activity (Probable). Does not show activity on 45 human receptors from 9 families (5-hydroxytryptamine, adrenergic, dopamine, muscarinic, histamine, neurotransmitter, opioid, sigma, and gaba(A) receptors) (PubMed:27227898). In vivo, does not cause paralytic or lethal activity when injected into sheep blowflies or crickets (PubMed:27227898). It is noteworthy that both sheep blowflies and crickets are evolutionarily distant from prey species (PubMed:27227898).<ref>PMID:27227898</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
We present the solution-state NMR structures and preliminary functional characterizations of three venom peptides identified from the spitting spider Scytodes thoracica. Despite little sequence identity to other venom peptides, structural characterization reveals that these peptides contain an inhibitor cystine knot motif common to many venom peptides. These are the first structures for any peptide or protein from spiders of the Scytodidae family. Many venom peptides target neuronal ion channels or receptors. However, we have not been able to determine the target of these Scytodes peptides so we can only state with certainty the channels and receptors that they do not target.

Characterization of Three Venom Peptides from the Spitting Spider Scytodes thoracica.,Ariki NK, Munoz LE, Armitage EL, Goodstein FR, George KG, Smith VL, Vetter I, Herzig V, King GF, Loening NM PLoS One. 2016 May 26;11(5):e0156291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156291., eCollection 2016. PMID:27227898<ref>PMID:27227898</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: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Scytodes thoracica]]
[[Category: Loening NM]]