Identification of structural elements of a scorpion alpha-neurotoxin important for receptor site recognition.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
N ZilberbergM Gurevitz

Abstract

alpha-Neurotoxins from scorpion venoms constitute the most studied group of modifiers of the voltage-sensitive sodium channels, and yet, their toxic site has not been characterized. We used an efficient bacterial expression system for modifying specific amino acid residues of the highly insecticidal alpha-neurotoxin LqhalphaIT from the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus. Toxin variants modified at tight turns, the C-terminal region, and other structurally related regions were subjected to neuropharmacological and structural analyses. This approach highlighted both aromatic (Tyr10 and Phe17) and positively charged (Lys8, Arg18, Lys62, and Arg64) residues that (i) may interact directly with putative recognition points at the receptor site on the sodium channel; (ii) are important for the spatial arrangement of the toxin polypeptide; and (iii) contribute to the formation of an electrostatic potential that may be involved in biorecognition of the receptor site. The latter was supported by a suppressor mutation (E15A) that restored a detrimental effect caused by a K8D substitution. The feasibility of producing anti-insect scorpion neurotoxins with augmented toxicity was demonstrated by the substitution of the C-terminal argin...Continue Reading

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