Different toxins actingthat act on the Kv1.3 channel are isolated from animal venom. MeuKTX toxin from Mesobuthus eupeus scorpion and shtx-k toxin from Stichodactyla haddoni sea anemone have been identified as two effective Kv1.3 channel blockers. In this work, we characterized the genomic organization of both toxins. MeuKTX gene contains one intron and two exons, similar to most scorpion toxins. There are a few reports of genomic structure of sea anemone toxins acting on Kv channels. The sequence encoding mature peptide of shtx-k was located in an exon separated by an intron from the coding exon of the propeptide and signal region. In order to make a peptide with more affinity for Kv1.3 channel and greater stability, the shtx-k/ MeuKTX chimeric peptide was designed and constructed using SOE-PCR method. Molecular docking studies indicated more inhibitory effect of shtx-k/MeuKTX on Kv1.3 channel compared to shtx-k and MeuKTX toxins. Key amino acids binding channels from both toxins, were also involved in interaction of chimeric peptide with channel. MeuKTX, shtx-k and shtx-k/MeuKTX was cloned and the expression of the soluble proteins in E. coli were determined. Our results showed that the fusion peptide, shtx-k/MeuKTX could be an effective agent to target Kv1.3 channel.
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