High yield production and refolding of the double-knot toxin, an activator of TRPV1 channels.

A unique peptide toxin, named double-knot toxin (DkTx), was recently purified from the venom of the tarantula Ornithoctonus huwena and was found to stably activate TRPV1 channels by targeting the outer pore domain. DkTx has been shown to consist of two inhibitory cysteine-knot (ICK) motifs, referred...

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Main Authors: Chanhyung Bae, Jeet Kalia, Inhye Song, JeongHeon Yu, Ha Hyung Kim, Kenton J Swartz, Jae Il Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3519854?pdf=render