[Term]
id: PR:000044649
name: calcium-activated potassium channel protein
def: "A potassium channel protein that is activated by calcium. A calcium-activated potassium channel enables the calcium concentration-regulatable energy-independent passage of potassium ions across a lipid bilayer down a concentration gradient." [PRO:XQ, GO:0015269]
comment: Category=family.
synonym: "fam:Ca-activ_K_chan" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DAN]
intersection_of: PR:000044655 ! potassium channel protein
intersection_of: capable_of GO:0015269 ! calcium-activated potassium channel activity