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Neurotoxin B-IV superfamily
SCOP classification
InterPro annotation
| Cross references | IPR012497 SSF57011 Protein matches |
| Abstract | The members of this family resemble neurotoxin B-IV , which is a crustacean-selective neurotoxin produced by the marine worm Cerebratulus lacteus. This highly cationic peptide is approximately 55 residues and is arranged to form two antiparallel helices connected by a well-defined loop in a hairpin structure. The branches of the hairpin are linked by four disulphide bonds. Three residues identified as being important for activity, namely Arg-17, -25 and -34, are found on the same face of the molecule, while another residue important for activity, Trp30, is on the opposite side. The protein's mode of action is not entirely understood, but it may act on voltage-gated sodium channels, possibly by binding to an as yet uncharacterised site on these proteins. Its site of interaction may also be less specific, for example it may interact with negatively charged membrane lipids [ 9180379]. |
InterPro database
Functional annotation
| General category | Processes_EC |
| Detailed category | Toxins/defense |
Function annotation of SCOP domain superfamilies
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Internal database links
The SUPERFAMILY hidden Markov model library has been used to carry
out SCOP domain assignments to all genomes at the superfamily level. Click on the 'Genome Assignments'
icon above to view the genome assignments for this superfamily.
Alignments of sequences to Alignments of sequences to 1 models
in this superfamily are available by clicking on the superfamily level 'Alignments' icon above. PDB sequences less than 40% identical
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It is possible to browse and view the proteins in the genomes which have
different combinations of domains including a Neurotoxin B-IV domain. Click on the 'Domain Combinations' icon.
To view the distribution of domain superfamilies, or families, across the major taxonomic kingdoms or genomes within a kingdom click on the 'TaxViz' icon above. This gives an immediate impression of how superfamilies, or families, are restricted to certain kingdoms of life.
Undirected domain occurrence networks are available for all superfamilies. Nodes in these networks represent genomes. Connections between nodes represent the presence of domain architectures, which contain the superfamily of interest, in both genomes.
There are 1 hidden Markov models representing the Neurotoxin B-IV superfamily. Information on how the models are built, and plots showing hydrophobicity, match emmission probabilities and insertion/deletion probabilities can be viewed by clicking on the icon above.
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