excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity
id: GO:0005231
name: excitatory 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 excitatory ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts. Excitatory ligands, such as acetylcholine or glutamate, open cation-selective channels.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0004889 | acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity |
| GO:0004931 | extracellular ATP-gated cation channel activity |
| GO:0005232 | serotonin-activated cation-selective channel activity |
| GO:0005234 | extracellular-glutamate-gated ion channel activity |
| GO:0016933 | extracellular-glycine-gated ion channel activity |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0005230 | extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity |
