label: inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
label_lc: inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity
description: "Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when a specific extracellular inhibitory ligand has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts. Inhibitory ligands, such as GABA or glycine, open chloride-selective channels."