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Potassium-channel blocking toxin This family features the antihypertensive and antiviral proteins BDS-I and BDS-II expressed by Anemonia sulcata. BDS-I is organized into a triple-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet, with an additional small antiparallel beta-sheet at the N-terminus. Both peptides are known to specifically block the Kv3.4 potassium channel, and thus bring about a decrease in blood pressure. Moreover, they inhibit the cytopathic effects of mouse hepatitis virus strain MHV-A59 on mouse liver cells, by an unknown mechanism.
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