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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 3, 1194-1198, Jan, 1987
J Rivier, R Galyean, WR Gray, A Azimi-Zonooz, JM McIntosh, LJ Cruz and BM Olivera
We previously described a 27-amino acid peptide neurotoxin from the venom of Conus geographus, omega-conotoxin GVIA, which inhibits neuronal voltage-activated calcium channels. In this paper we describe the total synthesis of omega-conotoxin GVIA and demonstrate that it efficiently blocks voltage-activated uptake of 45Ca by standard synaptosomal preparations from chick brain. Dihydropyridines do not block 45Ca uptake under these conditions. Thus, the omega-conotoxin- sensitive, but dihydropyridine-insensitive uptake of 45Ca2+ by chick brain synaptosomes serves as a functional assay for a Ca channel target of omega-conotoxin. The use of synthetic GVIA should rapidly accelerate our understanding of the molecular biology of Ca2+ channels and their role in neuronal function.
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