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extracellularly glutamate-gated ion channel activity

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005234

Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when glutamate is bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts on the extracellular side of the plasma membrane. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0815340729 ]

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extracellularly glutamate-gated ion channel activity

Synonyms

extracellular-glutamate-gated ion channel activity

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Note that this term represents an activity and not a gene product. Consider also annotating to the molecular function term 'glutamate receptor activity ; GO:0008066'.

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molecular_function

GO:0005234

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excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity