glutamate-gated receptor activity [GO_0004970]

Catalysis of the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when glutamate has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts.

glutamate-gated receptor activity

ID: GO_0004970

Class

Catalysis of the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when glutamate has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts.

Note that this term represents an activity and not a gene product. Consider also annotating to the molecular function terms 'glutamate-gated ion channel activity ; GO:0005234' and 'cation channel activity ; GO:0005261'.

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