inward rectifier potassium channel activity
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Enables the transmembrane transfer of a potassium ion by an inwardly-rectifying voltage-gated channel. An inwardly rectifying current-voltage relation is one where at any given driving force the inward flow of K+ ions exceeds the outward flow for the opposite driving force. The inward-rectification is due to a voltage-dependent block of the channel pore by a specific ligand or ligands, and as a result the macroscopic conductance depends on the difference between membrane voltage and the K+ equilibrium potential rather than on membrane voltage itself. [ GOC:mah GOC:cb http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14977398 ]
Synonyms: Kir channel activity
Term information
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