Tertiapin

UniProtKB accession:  P56587

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UniProtKB description:  Presynaptic neurotoxin that blocks the inwardly rectifying Kir1.1/KCNJ1 and Kir3.1/3.4 (KCNJ3/KCNJ5) potassium channels with high affinity by binding to the M1-M2 linker region of these channels in a 1:1 stoichiometry. It may block the potassium channel pore by occluding its alpha helix into the channel vestibule. Tertiapin-Q also inhibits calcium-activated large conductance BK-type (KCNMA) potassium channels in a concentration-, and voltage-dependent manner, in addition to inhibiting Kir3.1/3.2 (KCNJ3/KCNJ6) heteromultimers potassium channels. It can prevent dose-dependently acetylcholine(ACh)-induced atrioventricular blocks in mammalian hearts, as KCNJ3/KCNJ5 channels (also named I(KACh), because these channels are activated by ACh) are found in mammalian myocytes. Interacts specifically with calmodulin in the presence of calcium.