AmiGO 2: Term Details for "channel activator activity" (GO:0099103)

Accession: GO:0099103
Name: channel activator activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: channel gating activity
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Direct interaction with a channel (binding or modification), resulting in its opening. A channel catalyzes energy-independent facilitated diffusion, mediated by passage of a solute through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel. Source: GOC:dos
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0099103 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to channel activator activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to channel activator activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for channel activator activity (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
channel activator activity	is_a	channel regulator activity (GO:0016247)
channel activator activity	is_a	transporter activator activity (GO:0141109)
channel activator activity	RO:0002629	channel activity (GO:0015267)

subject	relation	object
potassium channel activator activity (GO:0099104)	is_a	channel activator activity

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