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. 2013 Feb 4;5(2):286–314. doi: 10.3390/toxins5020286

Table 2.

ω-ConotoxinCav2.2 blockers: Sequence, indicating conserved cysteine residues in bold face type and potency at 125I-GVIA or MVIIA binding assays.

ω-conotoxin name ω-conotoxin Sequence 125I-Ctx binding assays to rat brain IC50/Kd (nM) Reference
CnVIIA CKGKGAOCTRLMYDCCHGSCSSSKGRC* 0.4 (2.2 > 2.1) [82]
CVIA CKSTGASCRRTSYDCCTGSCRSGRC 0.6 (2.2 > 1.2) [8]
CVIB CKGKGASCRKTMYDCCRGSCRSGRC 7.7 (2.2~2.1 > 2.3) [8]
CVIC CKGKGQSCSKLMYDCCTGSC-SRRGKC 7.6 (2.1~2.2) [8]
CVID CKSKGAKCSKLMYDCCSGSCSGTVGRC 0.07 (2.2 > 2.1) [8]
CVIE CKGKGASCRRTSYDCCTGSCRSGRC 0.025 (2.2 > 2.1 > 1.2~1.3~2.3 [16]
CVIF CKGKGASCRRTSYDCCTGSCRLGRC 0.098 (2.2 > 2.1 > 1.2~1.3~2.3) [16]
FVIA CKGTGKSCSRIAYNCCTGSCRSGKC ND (2.2 > 2.1 > 3.2) [83]
GVIA CKSOGSSCSOTSYNCCRSCNOYTKRCY* 0.04 (2.2 > 2.1) [84,85,86,87,88]
GVIB CKSOGSSCSOTSYNCCR-SCNOYTKRCYG* ND [88,89]
GVIIA CKSOGTOCSRGMRDCCTSCLLYSNKCRRY* 3.7 (ND) [88,89,90]
GVIIB CKSOGTOCSRGMRDCCTSCLSYSNKCRRY* ND [88]
MVIIA CKGKGAKCSRLMYDCCTGSCRSGKC 0.055 (2.2 > 2.1) [13,81,87]
RVIA CKPPGSPCRVSSYNCCSSCKSYNKKCG 0.25 (2.2) [10]
TVIA CLSXGSSCSXTSYNCCRSCNXYSRKCR ND (2.2 > 2.1) [91,92]

Source: Conoserver database: www.conoserver.org. 125I-Ctx = 125I-GVIA or 125I-MVIIA displacement assays to define ω- conotoxins binding to Cav2.2 expressed in different brain preparations including rat, chicken and mouse brain. ND= Not determined; in brackets the order of Cav type selectivity for each ω-conotoxin is described.* O=hydoxyproline (PTM: post-translational modification).