id | GO:0005216   Detailed information
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  name | ion channel activity
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  namespace | molecular_function
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  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]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  is_a | GO:0015075 ! ion transmembrane transporter activity
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  is_a | GO:0022838 ! substrate-specific channel activity
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