Screening and cDNA cloning of Kv1 potassium channel toxins in sea anemones |
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Authors: | Yamaguchi Yoshikazu Hasegawa Yuichi Honma Tomohiro Nagashima Yuji Shiomi Kazuo |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan-4, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | When 21 species of sea anemones were screened for Kv1 potassium channel toxins by competitive inhibition of the binding of (125)I-α-dendrotoxin to rat synaptosomal membranes, 11 species (two species of Actiniidae, one species of Hormathiidae, five species of Stichodactylidae and three species of Thalassianthidae) were found to be positive. Furthermore, full-length cDNAs encoding type 1 potassium channel toxins from three species of Stichodactylidae and three species of Thalassianthidae were cloned by a combination of RT-PCR, 3'RACE and 5'RACE. The precursors of these six toxins are commonly composed of signal peptide, propart and mature peptide portions. As for the mature peptide (35 amino acid residues), the six toxins share more than 90% sequence identities with one another and with κ(1.3)-SHTX-She1a (Shk) from Stichodactyla helianthus but only 34-63% identities with the other type 1 potassium channel toxins. |
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