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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.
1 Produced in the parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland, calcitonin acts to correct hypercalcemia by directly opposing the effects of PTH by inhibiting intestinal absorption of calcium, inhibiting osteoclastic activity and inhibiting reabsorption of calcium in the nephron.