Flashcards: Invertebrate toxins

Diamphotoxin is a toxin produced by larvae and pupae of the beetle genus Diamphidia.

Maitotoxin (or MTX) is an extremely potent toxin produced by Gambierdiscus toxicus, a dinoflagellate species.

Palytoxin is an intense vasoconstrictor, and is considered to be one of the most toxic non-protein substances known, second only to maitotoxin in terms of toxicity in mice.

Agelenin, also called U1-agatoxin-Aop1a, is an antagonist of the presynaptic P-type calcium channel in insects.

Latarcins are short antimicrobial peptides from the venom of the spider Lachesana tarabaevi.

Complanine is an quaternary ammonium compound isolated from the marine fireworm Eurythoe complanata.

Oxotoxins, or oxytoxins, are a group of neurotoxins present in the venom of lynx spiders belonging to the genus Oxyopes, hence the name oxytoxin.

Margatoxin (MgTX) is a peptide that selectively inhibits Kv1.

The kappa- Hefutoxin 1 and 2 (κ- Hefutoxin1/2) are toxic components in the venom of Heterometrus fulvipes that belongs to the family scorpionidae.

Joro spider toxin (joro toxin, JSTX) - a toxin which was originally extracted from the spider Nephila clavata venom.

Calitoxin, also known as CLX, is a sea anemone neurotoxin produced by the sea anemone Calliactis parasitica.

Agitoxin is a toxin found in the venom of the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus (yellow scorpion).

Eledoisin is an undecapeptide of mollusk origin, belonging to the tachykinin family of neuropeptides.

Sea anemone neurotoxin is the name given to neurotoxins produced by sea anemones with related structure and function.

Androctonus australis hector insect toxin also known as AaHIT is a scorpion toxin which affects voltage-gated sodium channels.

Slotoxin is a peptide from Centruroides noxius Hoffmann scorpion venom.

A conotoxin is one of a group of neurotoxic peptides isolated from the venom of the marine cone snail, genus Conus.

Onchidal is a naturally occurring toxin produced as a defensive secretion by the mollusc Onchidella binneyi and several other related species in Onchidella,a genus of small, air-breathing sea slugs.

Psalmotoxin (PcTx1) is a spider toxin from the venom of the Trinidad tarantula Psalmopoeus cambridgei.

Psymberin, also known as irciniastatin A, is a cytotoxin derived from sea sponges.

Mastoparan is a peptide toxin from wasp venom.

AG 489 (or agatoxin 489) is a component of the venom produced by Agelenopsis aperta.

Insect toxins are various protein toxins produced by insect species.

Scorpion toxins are proteins found in the venom of scorpions.