Enables the transmembrane transfer of a monoatomic cation by a channel that opens in response to a mechanical stress.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
mechanically-gated cation channel activity
broad_synonym:
mechanosensitive cation channel activity
xref:
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"