What is "huwentoxin"

Huwentoxins (HWTX) are a group of neurotoxic peptides found in the venom of the Chinese bird spider '' Haplopelma schmidti''. The species was formerly known as Haplopelma huwenum, Ornithoctonus huwena and Selenocosmia huwena. While structural similarity can be found among several of these toxins, HWTX as a group possess high functional diversity.