Huwentoxin

Huwentoxins (HWTX) are a group of neurotoxic peptides found in the venom of the Chinese bird spider Haplopelma schmidti. The species was formerly known as Haplopelma huwenum, Ornithoctonus huwena and Selenocosmia huwena.[1] While structural similarity can be found among several of these toxins, HWTX as a group possess high functional diversity.

  1. ^ "Taxon details Haplopelma schmidti von Wirth, 1991". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-05-17.