extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity
id: GO:0005230
name: extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0005231 | excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity |
| GO:0005237 | inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0015276 | ligand-gated ion channel activity |
