Preferred Name

ion channel

Synonyms

ion channels

Definitions

Ion channels are present in the cell membrane. They are pore-forming protein complexes that facilitate diffusion of ions across membranes and thus establish the small voltage gradient across the plasma membrane of living cells. source: http://www.bioassayontology.org/bao#BAO_0000280

ID

http://purl.org/obo/owl/IMR#IMR_0000481

comment

is this rather a role that a protein can have?

definition

Ion channels are present in the cell membrane. They are pore-forming protein complexes that facilitate diffusion of ions across membranes and thus establish the small voltage gradient across the plasma membrane of living cells. source: http://www.bioassayontology.org/bao#BAO_0000280

exact_synonym

ion channels

label

ion channel

PMID

20213557

prefixIRI

imr:IMR_0000481

prefLabel

ion channel

related_synonym

mechanosensitive channel

ion-channel gating

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

ligand gated ion channel

ligand gated ion channels

TRPM channel

cylindrical channels

LGIC

LGICs

MscS

channels

nAChR

nAChRs

source

http://www.bioassayontology.org/bao#BAO_0000280

http://purl.org/obo/owl/IMR#IMR_0000481

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_36080

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