[Term]
id: PR:000044671
name: ligand-gated ion channel protein
def: "An ion channel protein that has ligand-gated ion channel activity. The ligand-gated ion channel opens when a specific ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts." [GO:0015276, PRO:XQ]
comment: Category=family.
synonym: "ionotropic receptor" NARROW [PRO:XQ]
xref: IUPHARfam:697
intersection_of: capable_of GO:0015276 ! ligand-gated ion channel activity
intersection_of: PR:000049983 ! ion channel protein