Combining with an extracellular messenger (called a death ligand), and transmitting the signal from one side of the plasma membrane to the other to initiate apoptotic or necrotic cell death. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10209153 GOC:rl GOC:BHF GOC:bf GOC:ecd GOC:mtg_apoptosis ]

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Term information

has obo namespace

molecular_function

has related synonym

apoptosis-activating receptor activity

id

GO:0005035