Term Information

Accession
GO:0004971
Name
AMPA glutamate receptor activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
AMPA receptor activity, alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate selective glutamate receptor activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An ionotropic glutamate receptor activity that exhibits fast gating by glutamate and acts by opening a cation channel permeable to sodium, potassium, and, in the absence of a GluR2 subunit, calcium. Source: PMID:8804111, PMID:10049997, GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this term represents an activity and not a gene product. Consider also annotating to the molecular function terms 'ionotropic glutamate receptor activity ; GO:0004970' and 'cation channel activity ; GO:0005261'.
History
See term history for GO:0004971 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of AMPA glutamate receptor activity (GO:0004971)
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AMPA glutamate receptor activity [is_a relation] is_a  ionotropic glutamate receptor activity (GO:0004970)
AMPA glutamate receptor activity [is_a relation] is_a  inorganic cation transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0022890)
Children of AMPA glutamate receptor activity (GO:0004971)
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regulation of AMPA receptor activity (GO:2000311) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  AMPA glutamate receptor activity
negative regulation of AMPA receptor activity (GO:0061907) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  AMPA glutamate receptor activity
positive regulation of AMPA receptor activity (GO:2000969) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  AMPA glutamate receptor activity
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