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Accession
GO:0005237
Name
inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Enables 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. Source: ISBN:0323037070, GOC:mah
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History
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Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005237)
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inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity [is_a relation] is_a  extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005230)
Children of inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005237)
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extracellularly glycine-gated chloride channel activity (GO:0016934) [is_a relation] is_a  inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
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