extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity [GO_0005230]

Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when a specific extracellular ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts.

extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity

ID: GO_0005230

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Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when a specific extracellular ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts.

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extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity broad synonym