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. 2012 Jul 16;7(7):e40982. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040982

Table 1. Cysteine knots in spider toxins.

Species Cysteine knot structure
Tarantula (H. schmidti) C-x(6)-C-x(6)-C-C-x(4)-x(14)-C
Funnel web spider (A. robustus) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(3)-C-x(13)-C
King baboon spider (C. crawshayi) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(4)-C-x(6)-C
Chinese bird spider (O. hainana)1) C-x(6)-C-x(6)-C-C-x(4)-C-x(6)-C
Bird spider (C. guangxiensis)2) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(4)-C-x(6)-C
Funnel spider (A. orientalis) C-x(6)-C-x(7)-C-C-x(4)-C-x-C-x(5)-C-x-C
Yellow sac spider (C. punctorum) C-x(6)-C-x(6)-C-C-x(8)-C-x-C-x(8)-C-x-C
Wolf spider (L. singoriensis) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(4)-C-x-C-x(6)-C-x-C
ASIP2 (teleost-typical) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(5)-C-x-C-x(6)-C-x-C
Desert grass spider (A. aperta) C-x(6)-C-x(6)-C-x-C-C-x(5)-C-x-C-x(10)-C-x-C
Mojave Desert spider (P. tristis) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(2)-C-x(2)-C-x-C-x(6)-C-x-C-x(8)-C
AgRP2 (teleost-typical) C-x(6)-C-x(5)-C-C-x(2)-C-x(2)-C-x-C-x(6)-C-x-C-x(6)-C
1)

The species that contains Hainantoxin-1.3.

2)

The species that contains Guangxiensistoxin.