potassium channel activity
id: GO:0005267
name: potassium channel activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of facilitated diffusion of a potassium ion (by an energy-independent process) involving passage through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel without evidence for a carrier-mediated mechanism.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0005228 | intracellular sodium activated potassium channel activity |
| GO:0005249 | voltage-gated potassium channel activity |
| GO:0015269 | calcium-activated potassium channel activity |
| GO:0070089 | chloride-activated potassium channel activity |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0005261 | cation channel activity |
| GO:0015079 | potassium ion transmembrane transporter activity |
