Recombinant Androctonus Mauritanicus Mauritanicus Alpha-Toxin Amm8 Protein (His&Myc)
Beta LifeScience
SKU/CAT #: BLC-04790P

Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.
Recombinant Androctonus Mauritanicus Mauritanicus Alpha-Toxin Amm8 Protein (His&Myc)
Beta LifeScience
SKU/CAT #: BLC-04790P
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Product Overview
Description | Recombinant Androctonus Mauritanicus Mauritanicus Alpha-Toxin Amm8 Protein (His&Myc) is produced by our Baculovirus expression system. This is a full length protein. |
Purity | Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE. |
Uniprotkb | Q7YXD3 |
Target Symbol | Q7YXD3 |
Synonyms | ; Alpha-toxin Amm8; Alpha-anatoxin Amm VIII; Amm VIII; AmmVIII; Neurotoxin 8; P4 |
Species | Androctonus mauritanicus mauritanicus (Scorpion) |
Expression System | Baculovirus |
Tag | N-10His&C-Myc |
Target Protein Sequence | LKDGYIVNDINCTYFCGRNAYCNELCIKLKGESGYCQWASPYGNSCYCYKLPDHVRTKGPGRCND |
Expression Range | 20-84aa |
Protein Length | Full Length of Mature Protein |
Mol. Weight | 11.3 kDa |
Research Area | Others |
Form | Liquid or Lyophilized powder |
Buffer | Liquid form: default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 5%-50% glycerol. Lyophilized powder form: the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, pH 8.0. |
Reconstitution | Briefly centrifuged the vial prior to opening to bring the contents to the bottom. Reconstitute protein in deionized sterile water to a concentration of 0.1-1.0 mg/mL. It is recommended to add 5-50% of glycerol (final concentration) and aliquot for long-term storage at -20°C/-80°C. The default final concentration of glycerol is 50%. |
Storage | 1. Store at -20°C/-80°C upon receipt, aliquoting is necessary for mutiple use. 2. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles. 3. Store working aliquots at 4°C for up to one week. 4. In general, protein in liquid form is stable for up to 6 months at -20°C/-80°C. Protein in lyophilized powder form is stable for up to 12 months at -20°C/-80°C. |
Notes | Repeated freezing and thawing is not recommended. Store working aliquots at 4°C for up to one week. |
Target Details
Target Function | Alpha toxins bind voltage-independently at site-3 of sodium channels (Nav) and inhibit the inactivation of the activated channels, thereby blocking neuronal transmission. The toxin principally slows the inactivation process of TTX-sensitive sodium channels. It discriminates neuronal versus muscular sodium channel, as it is more potent on rat brain Nav1.2/SCN2A (EC(50)=29 nM) than on rat skeletal muscle Nav1.4/SCN4A (EC(50)=416 nM). It also shows a weak activity on Nav1.7/SCN9A (EC(50)=1.76 uM). In vivo, the toxin produces pain hypersensibility to mechanical and thermal stimuli.(PubMed:23685008). It also exhibits potent analgesic activity (when injected intraperitoneally), increasing hot plate and tail flick withdrawal latencies in a dose-dependent fashion. This paradoxical analgesic action, is significantly suppressed by opioid receptor antagonists, suggesting a pain-induced analgesia mechanism that involves an endogenous opioid system. This led to hypothesis that pain relief induced by peripheral administration of Amm VIII may result from sensitization of primary afferent neurons and subsequent activation of an opioid-dependent noxious inhibitory control. |
Subcellular Location | Secreted. |
Protein Families | Long (4 C-C) scorpion toxin superfamily, Sodium channel inhibitor family, Alpha subfamily |
Tissue Specificity | Expressed by the venom gland. |