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Prod. 84(8)</i>: 2121-2128. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00104\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.1c00104</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Jacobsson, E.; Peigneur, S.; Andersson, H.S.; Laborde, Q.; Strand, M.; Tytgat, J.; Goransson, U.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Jacobsson, E. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Peptide toxins find use in medicine, biotechnology, and agriculture. They are exploited as pharmaceutical tools, particularly for the investigation of ion channels. Here, we report the synthesis and activity of a novel family of peptide toxins: the cystine-knotted α nemertides. Following the prototypic α-1 and -2 (1 and 2), six more nemertides were discovered by mining of available nemertean transcriptomes. Here, we describe their synthesis using solid phase peptide chemistry and their oxidative folding by using an improved protocol. Nemertides α-2 to α-7 (2–7) were produced to characterize their effect on voltage-gated sodium channels (<i>Blatella germanica</i> BgNa<sub>V</sub>1 and mammalian Na<sub>V</sub>s1.1–1.8). In addition, ion channel activities were matched to <i>in vivo</i> tests using an <i>Artemia</i> microwell assay. Although nemertides demonstrate high sequence similarity, they display variability in activity on the tested Na<sub>V</sub>s. The nemertides are all highly toxic to <i>Artemia</i>, with EC<sub>50</sub> values in the sub-low micromolar range, and all manifest preference for the insect BgNa<sub>V</sub>1 channel. Structure–activity relationship analysis revealed key residues for Na<sub>V</sub>-subtype selectivity. 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