Alphabetical
Index of Toxins
This is a work in progress. Many toxins have not been added yet and, so far,
we have been concentrating on toxins from spider venoms. Toxins from
scorpions, centipedes and other groups will be added later.
Please let us know of any toxins that should be added to this list, or of any
errors in the list. |
| Toxin | |
Note | Family | Species |
| ACTX-HV17 | ACTX-Hvf17 | Non-toxic peptide from Hadronyche versuta | Hexathelidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Hadronyche versuta |
| alpha-Latrotoxin | -- | -- | Theridiidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Latrodectus tredecimguttatus |
| atracotoxin-Ar1 | -- | Also known as robustoxin | Hexathelidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Atrax robustus |
| delta-ACTX-Hv1a | -- | -- | -- --:-- | |
| delta-atracotoxin-Hv1b | -- | -- | Hexathelidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Hadronyche versuta |
| delta-MSTX-Mb1a | -- | -- | -- --:-- | |
| DTX9.2 | DTX9.2 | Potent insecticidal toxin acting against sodium channels | Diguetidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Diguetia canities |
| Grammotoxin | -- | omega-grammotoxin SIA: Inhibts P/Q and N-type calcium (Ca2+) channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| GsMTx2 | -- | Inhibits stetch-activated channels (SACs) | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| GsMTx4 | -- | Inhibits stretch-activated channels (SACs) | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| Guangxitoxin | -- | inhibitor of K(V)2.1/K(V)2.2 channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Plesiophrictus guangxiensis |
| Hadrurin | -- | Cytolytic toxin with antimicrobial activity, from Hadrurus aztecus | -- --:-- | |
| Hanatoxin type 1 | -- | Inhibits activation of Kv2.1 potassium channels. | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| Hanatoxin Type 2 | -- | -- | -- --:-- | |
| Heterometrus spinnifer Toxin 1 | HsTx1 | Kv1.3 potassium channel antagonists from the scorpion Heterometrus spinnifer | -- --:-- | |
| Heterometrus spinnifer toxin1 | HsTX1 | -- | -- --:-- | |
| HgeTx1 | -- | Reversible inhibition of Shaker B potassium channels, from Hadrurus gertschi | -- --:-- | |
| HmTx1 | -- | Heteroscodra maculata: Inhibits Kv2 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Heteroscodra maculata |
| HmTx2 | -- | Heteroscodra maculata, inhibits Kv2 and Kv4 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Heteroscodra maculata |
| HpTx2 | -- | Heteropoda Toxin 2: Inhibits Kv4.2 potassium channels | Sparassidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Heteropoda venatoria |
| Huwentoxin-4 | -- | -- | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Ornithoctonus huwena |
| Latrocrustatoxin | -- | Crustacean (isopod) selective toxins | Theridiidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Latrodectus tredecimguttatus |
| Latroinsectotoxin | -- | Insect specific toxins | Theridiidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Latrodectus tredecimguttatus |
| maurotoxin | -- | Scorpio maurus K(+)-toxin | -- --:-- | |
| Omega grammotoxin SIA | -- | Voltage gated calcium channel inhibitor, inhibiting N-, P- and Q-type calcium channels, apparently by affecting voltage gating. | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| Omega-agatoxin I | Omega-aga I | Vertebrate and insect calcium channels | Agelenidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Agelenopsis aperta |
| Omega-Agatoxin IIIA | Omega-aga IIA | -- | Agelenidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Agelenopsis aperta |
| Omega-agatoxin IVB | Omega-aga IVB | Inhibits P/Q-type calcium channels | Agelenidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Agelenopsis aperta |
| Omega-atracotoxin-Hv1a | -- | -- | -- --:-- | |
| Omega-atracotoxin-IVA | -- | -- | Hexathelidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Hadronyche versuta |
| omega-PnTx3-3 | -- | -- | Ctenidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Phoneutria nigriventer |
| Pandinus imperator toxin1 | Pi1 | Pandinus imperator toxin1 (Pi1), | -- --:-- | |
| Phrixotoxin 1 | PaTx1 | Selective block of Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| Phrixotoxin 2 | PaTx2 | Selective block of Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| PnTx3-6 | -- | -- | Ctenidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Phoneutria nigriventer |
| ProTx-I | -- | first high-affinity ligands for tetrodotoxin-resistant peripheral nerve Na(V) channels, but also inhibit other Na(V) channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Thrixopelma pruriens |
| ProTx-II | -- | first high-affinity ligands for tetrodotoxin-resistant peripheral nerve Na(V) channels, but also inhibit other Na(V) channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Thrixopelma pruriens |
| PRTx3-7 | -- | -- | -- --:-- | |
| Psalmopeotoxin I | PcFK1 | Psalmopeotoxin I: Antimalarial peptide | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Psalmopoeus cambridgei |
| Psalmopeotoxin II | -- | Psalmopeotoxin I and II: Antimalarial peptides | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Psalmopoeus cambridgei |
| Psalmotoxin | PcTx1 | Inhibits proton activation of acid senstive ion channels (ASIC1a) | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Psalmopoeus cambridgei |
| ScTx1 | -- | High affinity inhibitor of Kv2.2
Also inhibits Kv2.1 | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Stromatopelma calceata |
| TLTx1 | -- | Theraphosa leblondi toxin 1:
Inhibits Kv4.2 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Theraphosa leblondi |
| TlTx2 | -- | Theraphosa leblondi toxin 2:
Inhibits Kv4.2 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Theraphosa leblondi |
| TlTx3 | -- | Theraphosa leblondi toxin 3:
Inhibits Kv4.2 potassium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Theraphosa leblondi |
| VSTx1 | -- | Inhibits KvAP, an archeabacterial voltage-activated potassium (K+) channel | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Grammostola rosea |
| ZingZhaotoxin-I | JzTx-I | Zingzhaotoxin-1: Inhibits deactivation of cardiac sodium channels without affecting tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Chilobrachys jing-zhao |
| Zingzhaotoxin-III | JzTx-III | Zingzhaotoxin-III: Inhibits activation of tetrotoxin-insensitive voltage gated sodium channels without affecting VGSGs or calcium channels in DRG neurons | Theraphosidae Chelicerata:Araneae | Chilobrachys jing-zhao |