Category:GO:0005216 ! ion channel activity

name: ion channel activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of facilitated diffusion of an ion (by an energy-independent process) by passage through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel without evidence for a carrier-mediated mechanism." [GOC:cy, GOC:mtg_transport, ISBN:0815340729]
subset: gosubset_prok
is_a: GO:0015075 ! ion transmembrane transporter activity
is_a: GO:0022838 ! substrate-specific channel activity

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 7 child terms, out of 7 total.

• [+] GO:0005244 ! voltage-gated ion channel activity (2)
• [+] GO:0005253 ! anion channel activity (3)
• [+] GO:0005261 ! cation channel activity (14)
• [+] GO:0008381 ! mechanically-gated ion channel activity (2)
• [  ] GO:0010461 ! light-activated channel activity
• [+] GO:0010461 ! light-activated ion channel activity (1)
• [+] GO:0015276 ! ligand-gated ion channel activity (11)

Pages in category "GO:0005216 ! ion channel activity"

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