catalog number :
MBS1045370
products type :
Recombinant Protein
products full name :
Recombinant Centruroides suffusus suffusus (Mexican scorpion) Beta-mammal toxin Css4
products short name :
Beta-mammal toxin Css4
other names :
Beta-mammal toxin Css4; Beta-mammal toxin Css4; Css IV; CssIV
products gene name :
CssIV
other gene names :
CssIV; CssIV
uniprot entry name :
SCX4_CENSU
host :
E Coli or Yeast or Baculovirus or Mammalian Cell
sequence positions :
1-66, Full length.
sequence :
KEGYLVNSYTGCKFECFKLGDNDYCLRECRQQYGKGSGG
YCYAFGCWCTHLYEQAVVWPLPNKTCN
purity :
Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.
form :
Liquid containing glycerol; lyophilization may be available upon request.
storage stability :
Store at -20 degree C, for extended storage, conserve at -20 degree C or -80 degree C.
products description :
Beta toxins bind voltage-independently at site-4 of sodium channels (Nav) and shift the voltage of activation toward more negative potentials thereby affecting sodium channel activation and promoting spontaneous and repetitive firing. This toxin is active only on mammals.
products references :
Scorpion toxins specific for Na+-channels.Possani L.D., Becerril B., Delepierre M., Tytgat J.Eur. J. Biochem. 264:287-300(1999)
Purification and chemical and biological characterizations of seven toxins from the Mexican scorpion, Centruroides suffusus suffusus.Martin M.-F., Garcia Y., Perez L.G., el Ayeb M., Kopeyan C., Bechis G., Jover E., Rochat H.J. Biol. Chem. 262:4452-4459(1987)
Voltage sensor-trapping
enhanced activation of sodium channels by beta-scorpion toxin bound to the S3-S4 loop in domain II.Cestele S., Qu Y., Rogers J.C., Rochat H., Scheuer T., Catterall W.A.Neuron 21:919-931(1998)
Neutralization of gating charges in domain II of the sodium channel alpha subunit enhances voltage-sensor trapping by a beta-scorpion toxin.Cestele S., Scheuer T., Mantegazza M., Rochat H., Catterall W.A.J. Gen. Physiol. 118:291-302(2001)
Common features in the functional surface of scorpion beta-toxins and elements that confer specificity for insect and mammalian voltage-gated sodium channels.Cohen L., Karbat I., Gilles N., Ilan N., Benveniste M., Gordon D., Gurevitz M.J. Biol. Chem. 280:5045-5053(2005)
X-ray structure and mutagenesis of the scorpion depressant toxin LqhIT2 reveals key determinants crucial for activity and anti-insect selectivity.Karbat I., Turkov M., Cohen L., Kahn R., Gordon D., Gurevitz M., Frolow F.J. Mol. Biol. 366:586-601(2007)
ncbi mol weight :
23.61kD
size4 :
0.05 mg (Baculovirus)
size5 :
0.05 mg (Mammalian-Cell)