inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity
id: GO:0005237
name: inhibitory 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 inhibitory ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts. Inhibitory ligands, such as GABA or glycine, open chloride-selective channels.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0016934 | extracellular-glycine-gated chloride channel activity |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0005230 | extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity |
