cation channel activity

id: GO:0005261
name: cation channel activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the energy-independent passage of cations across a lipid bilayer down a concentration gradient.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0004889acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity
GO:0004931extracellular ATP-gated cation channel activity
GO:0005221intracellular cyclic nucleotide activated cation channel activity
GO:0005227calcium activated cation channel activity
GO:0005232serotonin-activated cation-selective channel activity
GO:0005262calcium channel activity
GO:0005267potassium channel activity
GO:0005272sodium channel activity
GO:0015251ammonium channel activity
GO:0015252hydrogen ion channel activity
GO:0015341zinc efflux active transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0022843voltage-gated cation channel activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0005216ion channel activity
GO:0008324cation transmembrane transporter activity