Term Name: kainate selective glutamate receptor activity
Synonyms:
Definition: An ionotropic glutamate receptor activity that exhibits fast gating by glutamate, acts by opening a cation channel permeable to sodium and potassium, and for which kainate is an agonist.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0015277]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: glutamate-gated receptor activity ligand-gated sodium channel activity potassium channel activity
inverse has_part: kainate selective glutamate receptor signaling pathway
regulated by: regulation of kainate selective glutamate receptor activity