EPHA8

EPHA8
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases EPHA8, EEK, EK3, HEK3, EPH receptor A8
External IDs MGI: 109378 HomoloGene: 22436 GeneCards: EPHA8
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2046

13842

Ensembl

ENSG00000070886

ENSMUSG00000028661

UniProt

P29322

O09127

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001006943
NM_020526

NM_007939

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001006944.1
NP_065387.1

NP_031965.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 22.56 – 22.6 Mb Chr 4: 136.93 – 136.96 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Ephrin type-A receptor 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EPHA8 gene.[3][4]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the ephrin receptor subfamily of the protein-tyrosine kinase family. EPH and EPH-related receptors have been implicated in mediating developmental events, particularly in the nervous system. Receptors in the EPH subfamily typically have a single kinase domain and an extracellular region containing a Cys-rich domain and 2 fibronectin type III repeats. The ephrin receptors are divided into 2 groups based on the similarity of their extracellular domain sequences and their affinities for binding ephrin-A and ephrin-B ligands. The protein encoded by this gene functions as a receptor for ephrin A2, A3 and A5 and plays a role in short-range contact-mediated axonal guidance during development of the mammalian nervous system.[4]

Interactions

EPHA8 has been shown to interact with FYN.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Chan J, Watt VM (Aug 1991). "eek and erk, new members of the eph subclass of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases". Oncogene. 6 (6): 1057–61. PMID 1648701.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: EPHA8 EPH receptor A8".
  5. Choi S, Park S (Sep 1999). "Phosphorylation at Tyr-838 in the kinase domain of EphA8 modulates Fyn binding to the Tyr-615 site by enhancing tyrosine kinase activity". Oncogene. 18 (39): 5413–22. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202917. PMID 10498895.

Further reading


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