- gated channel
- an ion channel that is opened or closed by a conformational change in the channel protein in response to a stimulus, such as the binding of a ligand or a change in membrane potential.
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gated channel
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Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha 1 — Identifiers Symbols CNGA1; CNCG; CNCG1; CNG1; RCNC1; RCNCa; RCNCalpha; RP49 External IDs … Wikipedia
Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha 3 — Identifiers Symbols CNGA3; ACHM2; CCNC1; CCNCa; CCNCalpha; CNCG3; CNG3 External IDs … Wikipedia
Cyclic nucleotide gated channel beta 3 — Identifiers Symbols CNGB3; ACHM3 External IDs … Wikipedia
Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha 2 — Identifiers Symbols CNGA2; CNCA; CNCA1; CNG2; FLJ46312; OCNC1; OCNCALPHA; OCNCa External IDs … Wikipedia
Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha 4 — Identifiers Symbols CNGA4; CNCA2; CNG 4; CNG4; CNG5; CNGB2; MGC126168; MGC126169; OCNC2; OCNCBETA; OCNCb External IDs … Wikipedia
ligand-gated channel — an ion channel that opens in response to the binding of a molecule (the ligand) to the channel protein, which causes a conformational change in the protein molecule. Cf. voltage gated c … Medical dictionary
voltage-gated channel — an ion channel that opens or closes in response to changes in the electrical potential across the cell membrane. Cf. ligand gated c … Medical dictionary
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channel — A furrow, gutter, or groovelike passageway. SEE ALSO: canal. [L. canalis] ion c. a specific macromolecular protein pathway, with an aqueous “pore,” that traverses the lipid bilayer of a cell s plasma membrane and maintains or modulates the… … Medical dictionary
gated ion channel — Transmembrane proteins of excitable cells, that allow a flux of ions to pass only under defined circumstances. Channels may be either voltage gated, such as the sodium channel of neurons, or ligand gated such as the acetylcholine receptor of… … Dictionary of molecular biology
