id | GO:0005231   Detailed information |
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  name | excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity |
  namespace | molecular_function |
  def | "Catalysis of the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when a specific extracellular excitatory ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts. Excitatory ligands, such as acetylcholine or glutamate, open cation-selective channels." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0323037070] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0005230 ! extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity |