Three Finger Toxins
A super-family of non-enzymatic proteins found in ELAPIDAE VENOMS. They possess a unique tertiary structure resembling a hand with three fingers and have diverse biological activities due to sequence and structural variations; some are ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS that bind NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS.
Year introduced: 2022
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Tree Number(s): D12.776.831.622, D20.888.850.325.600, D23.946.833.850.325.600
MeSH Unique ID: D000087443
Entry Terms:
- Toxins, Three Finger
- 3FTXs
- Three-Finger Toxins
- Toxins, Three-Finger
- Three Finger Toxin
- Finger Toxin, Three
- Toxin, Three Finger
- NK-3FTX
- Tschuditoxin-l
- Tschuditoxin l
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