Sea anemone toxin and scorpion toxin share a common receptor site associated with the action potential sodium ionophore.

نویسندگان

  • W A Catterall
  • L Beress
چکیده

Toxin II isolated from the sea anemone Anemonia sulcata enhances activation of the action potential sodium ionophore of electrically excitable neuroblastoma cells by veratridine and batrachotoxin. This heterotropic cooperative effect is identical to that observed previously with scorpion toxin but occurs at a 110-fold higher concentration. Depolarization of the neuroblastoma cells inhibits the effect of sea anemone toxin as observed previously for scorpion toxin. Specific scorpion toxin binding is inhibited by sea anemone toxin with KD approximately equal to 90 nM. These results show that the polypeptides scorpion toxin and sea anemone toxin II share a common receptors site associated with action potential sodium ionophores.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of biological chemistry

دوره 253 20  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1978