In this paper were described the purification, the sequencing, and the immunological biological characterization of a new Kaliotoxin analog, Aam-KTX, from the venom of the scorpion Androctonus amoreuxi The toxin effects on three cloned Kv channels (Kv1.1, Kv1.2, and Kv1.3) were investigated in Xenopus oocytes using electrophysiology experiments. The Aam-KTX preference for Kv1.3 channel versus Kv1.2 was expected (EC50 values, 1.1 +/- 0.02 and 10.4 +/- 1.5 nM, respectively) but its total inefficacity on Kv1.1 was very surprising. 3D molecular modeling of Aam-KTX brought putative answers to this difference in selectivity. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Univ Washington, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
Univ Washington, VM Bloedel Hearing Res Ctr, Seattle, WA 98195 USAUniv Washington, Dept Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surg, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
Robbins, Carol A.
Tempel, Bruce L.
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Zhejiang Agr & Forestry Univ, Nurturing Stn State Key Lab Subtrop Silviculture, Chinese Herb Med Div, 88 North Circle Rd, Linan 311300, Peoples R ChinaZhejiang Agr & Forestry Univ, Nurturing Stn State Key Lab Subtrop Silviculture, Chinese Herb Med Div, 88 North Circle Rd, Linan 311300, Peoples R China
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