for pharmacological family and cysteine framework. Pharmacological family classification is based on the receptor target and interaction of the conotoxin while the cysteine residues are the primary structure, which 26 main frameworks have been found as of present.

Alpha- Super Family

Alpha conotoxins have two types of cysteine arrangements, and are competitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonists. Alpha-GI is a peptide of 13 amino acids with two disulfide bonds which is a nicotinic-acetylcholine receptor antagonist that

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