[Term]
id: PR:000044652
name: inwardly rectifying potassium channel protein
def: "A potassium channel protein that has inward rectifier potassium channel activity. An inwardly rectifying potassium channel is one where the inward flow of K+ ions exceeds the outward flow." [GO:0005242, PRO:DAN, PRO:XQ]
comment: Category=family.
synonym: "fam:Kir_chan" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DAN]
synonym: "Kir channel protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
synonym: "inward rectifier potassium channel protein" EXACT [PRO:XQ]
xref: IUPHARfam:74
intersection_of: capable_of GO:0005242 ! inward rectifier potassium channel activity
intersection_of: PR:000044655 ! potassium channel protein