Ergtoxin

Ergtoxin (CnErg1, CnErgTx1, ErgTx, ErgTx1, ɣ-KTx1.1) is a toxin from the venom of the Mexican scorpion Centruroides noxius. This toxin targets hERG (human Ether- à -go-go-Related Gene) potassium channels.[1]

  1. ^ Warmke, J. W.; Ganetzky, B. (April 1994). "A family of potassium channel genes related to eag in Drosophila and mammals". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 91 (8): 3438–42. Bibcode:1994PNAS...91.3438W. doi:10.1073/pnas.91.8.3438. PMC 43592. PMID 8159766.