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Protein Ontology Report - fam:K_chan

PR:000044655 - http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PR_000044655
Ontology Information
PRO ID PR:000044655 Show OBO stanza
PRO name potassium channel protein
Synonyms
PRO-short-label: fam:K_chan
Definition A voltage-gated ion channel protein that has potassium channel activity. A potassium channel enables the facilitated diffusion of a potassium ion (by an energy-independent process) involving passage through a transmembrane aqueous pore or channel without evidence for a carrier-mediated mechanism. [GO:0005267, PRO:XQ]
PRO Category family
Parent PR:000044628 voltage-gated ion channel protein
Term Hierarchy Visualization DAG     OLS     Cytoscape


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