Name | glutamate-gated receptor activity |
ID | GO_0004970 |
collection_id | Molecular function |
Exact synonym | ionotropic glutamate receptor activity |
Description | Catalysis of the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when glutamate has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts. |
Comment | Note that this term represents an activity and not a gene product. Consider also annotating to the molecular function terms 'glutamate-gated ion channel activity ; GO:0005234' and 'cation channel activity ; GO:0005261'. |
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