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Yet, the precise mechanism by which TTX blocks voltage-gated sodium (Na V) channels is not fully understood. Here molecular dynamics simulations are used to elucidate how TTX blocks mammalian voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels and why it fails to be effective for the bacterial sodium channel, Na V Ab.1B) in TTX block of Na V channels [5] and [8] . Thus, the guanidine group of TTX may interact with the outer charged ring more intimately, rather than protruding into the filter. Here the inhibition of Na V Ab and Na V 1.4 by TTX is examined in atomic detail using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations.
Tetrodotoxin: Mode of Action. The flow of sodium ions into nerve cells is a necessary step in the conduction of nerve impulses in excitable nerve fibers and along axons. Normal axon cells have high concentrations of K+ ions and low concentrations of Na+ ions and have a negative potential.t acts by blocking the conduction of nerve impulses along nerve fibers and axons. The victim eventually dies from respiratory paralysis. Tetrodotoxin is quite specific in blocking the Na+ ion channel and therefore the flow of Na+ ions while having no effect on K+ ions.