Term Name: excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
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Definition: 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, where channel opening contributes to an increase in membrane potential.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0005231]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: excitatory postsynaptic potential
is a type of: extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
has subtype: acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity extracellularly ATP-gated monoatomic cation channel activity extracellularly glutamate-gated ion channel activity extracellularly glycine-gated ion channel activity