Mapping the receptor site for α-scorpion toxins on a Na ⁺ channel voltage sensor

Jinti Wang, Vladimir Yarov‐Yarovoy, Roy Kahn, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

X-ray Structure and Mutagenesis of the Scorpion Depressant Toxin LqhIT2 Reveals Key Determinants Crucial for Activity and Anti-Insect Selectivity

Izhar Karbat, Michael Turkov, Lior Cohen, +4

Journal of Molecular Biology

ToxinologyBiochemistryX-ray StructureMedicineEntomology +7

Molecular Requirements for Recognition of Brain Voltage-gated Sodium Channels by Scorpion α-Toxins

Roy Kahn, Izhar Karbat, Nitza Ilan, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Scorpion α-ToxinsNeurotransmitterMolecular BiologyNeurotransmissionScorpion Alpha-toxin Lqh2 +22

Molecular analysis of the sea anemone toxin Av3 reveals selectivity to insects and demonstrates the heterogeneity of receptor site-3 on voltage-gated Na+ channels

Yehu Moran, Roy Kahn, Lior Cohen, +4

Biochemical Journal

ToxinologyNeurotransmitterMolecular BiologyMolecular AnalysisVenomics +20

The unique pharmacology of the scorpion α‐like toxin Lqh3 is associated with its flexible C‐tail

Izhar Karbat, Roy Kahn, Lior Cohen, +9

FEBS Journal

Intron Retention as a Posttranscriptional Regulatory Mechanism of Neurotoxin Expression at Early Life Stages of the Starlet Anemone Nematostella vectensis

Yehu Moran, Hagar Weinberger, Adam M. Reitzel, +5

Journal of Molecular Biology

BiologyEnvironmental SignalingDevelopmental BiologyNeurotoxin ExpressionNeurotransmitter +6

Elucidation of the Molecular Basis of Selective Recognition Uncovers the Interaction Site for the Core Domain of Scorpion α-Toxins on Sodium Channels

Maya Gur, Roy Kahn, Izhar Karbat, +5

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Scorpion α-ToxinsToxinologySynaptic TransmissionNeurotransmitterMolecular Biology +23

Expression and Mutagenesis of the Sea Anemone Toxin Av2 Reveals Key Amino Acid Residues Important for Activity on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

Yehu Moran, Lior Cohen, Roy Kahn, +3

Biochemistry

Partial Agonist and Antagonist Activities of a Mutant Scorpion β-Toxin on Sodium Channels

Izhar Karbat, Nitza Ilan, Joel Z. Zhang, +7

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Fusion and Retrotransposition Events in the Evolution of the Sea Anemone Anemonia viridis Neurotoxin Genes

Yehu Moran, Hagar Weinberger, Nimrod Lazarus, +4

Journal of Molecular Evolution

BiologyMarine GenomicsMedicineGeneticsEvolutionary Biology +6