Term Information

Accession
GO:0005231
Name
excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when a specific extracellular ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts, where channel opening contributes to an increase in membrane potential. Source: ISBN:0323037070, GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005231 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005231)
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excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  excitatory postsynaptic potential (GO:0060079)
excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity [is_a relation] is_a  extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005230)
Children of excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005231)
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extracellularly ATP-gated monoatomic cation channel activity (GO:0004931) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity (GO:0022848) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
extracellularly glycine-gated ion channel activity (GO:0016933) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
extracellularly glutamate-gated ion channel activity (GO:0005234) [is_a relation] is_a  excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity