death receptor activity

id: GO:0005035
name: death receptor activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Combining with an extracellular messenger (called a death ligand), and transmitting the signal from one side of the plasma membrane to the other to initiate apoptosis.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0005031tumor necrosis factor-activated receptor activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0004888transmembrane signaling receptor activity