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#anyways theres a single amino acid mutation in the sodium ion channel protein
championsofmyheart
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learned yesterday that clams have hearts. and nervous systems. im in third year biology.
#maybe they should make invertebrate anatomy a requirement because that was the most embarassing thing ever. how did i not know that
#anyways in case anyone was wondering why i realized my understanding of invertebrate nervous systems was incorrect
#shellfish are filter feeders and eat algae and one of those algae is dinoflagellates which make a nerve toxin called saxitoxin
#and saxitoxin blocks the sodium ion channels in your nerves from working and thats how paralytic shellfish poisoning kills u
#and i had always assumed invertebrates didn't have nervous systems and thats why they didnt die from the accumulation of saxitoxin
#but turns out i was wrong and they do have nervous systems
#and then i went insane trying to uerstand why shellfish were fine despite being filled with nerve toxin as organisms with nervous systems
#anyways theres a single amino acid mutation in the sodium ion channel protein
#and it decreases their sodium ion channel affinity to saxitoxin so it can't bind and stop their nerves from working so theyre fine
#but we don't have that mutation so it kills us when we eat shellfish that have this toxin accumulated in them. love and light
#fuckery
#studying for this protist final is driving me insane
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