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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nerve Tissue Proteins > Neuropeptides > omega-Agatoxin IVA
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Neuropeptides > omega-Agatoxin IVA
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Arthropod Proteins > Agatoxins > omega-Agatoxin IVA
... > Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Spider Venoms > Agatoxins > omega-Agatoxin IVA
... > Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Spider Venoms > Agatoxins > omega-Agatoxin IVA
... > Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Spider Venoms > Agatoxins > omega-Agatoxin IVA

Preferred term

omega-Agatoxin IVA  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • omega Aga IVA
  • omega-Aga-IVA

Scope note

  • A neuropeptide toxin from the venom of the funnel web spider, Agelenopsis aperta. It inhibits CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE by altering the voltage-dependent gating so that very large depolarizations are needed for channel opening. It also inhibits CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE.

History note

  • 2000; use OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA (NM) 1992-1999

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020867

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