mechanosensitive monoatomic cation channel activity
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Enables the transmembrane transfer of a monoatomic cation by a channel that opens in response to a mechanical stress. [ GOC:ha http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22343900 ]
Synonyms: mechanically-gated cation channel activity
Term information
- Reactome:R-HSA-9855089 (PIEZO1 trimer passively transports cations across the plasma membrane according to their electrochemical gradients)
- Reactome:R-HSA-9659380 (Mechanoelectrical transduction (MET) channel transports cations from the extracellular region into the cytosol of stereocilia of inner hair cell)
- Reactome:R-HSA-9663363 (Mechanoelectrical transduction (MET) channel transports cations into the cytosol of stereocilia of cochlear outer hair cell)
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