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Facts about Ephrin type-A receptor 4.
Highly promiscuous, it has the special property among Eph receptors to bind and to be physiologically activated by both GPI-anchored ephrin-A and transmembrane ephrin-B ligands such as EFNA1 and EFNB3. Upon activation by ephrin ligands, modulates cell morphology and integrin-dependent cell adhesion through regulation of the Rac, Rap and Rho GTPases activity.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | EPHA4 |
Uniprot: | P54764 |
Entrez: | 2043 |
Belongs to: |
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protein kinase superfamily |
Cek8; EC 2.7.10; EC 2.7.10.1; EK8; EPH receptor A4; EphA4; EPH-like kinase 8; ephrin type-A receptor 4; Hek8; receptor protein-tyrosine kinase HEK8; SEK; Sek1; TYRO1 protein tyrosine kinase; Tyro1; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor SEK; Tyrosine-protein kinase TYRO1
Mass (kDA):
109.86 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 2q36.1 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (221418027..221574202, complement) |
Ubiquitous.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell projection, axon. Cell projection, dendrite. Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic density membrane. Early endosome. Cell junction, adherens junction. Clustered upon activation and targeted to early endosome.
PMID: 7898931 by Fox G.M., et al. cDNA cloning and tissue distribution of five human EPH-like receptor protein-tyrosine kinases.
PMID: 18094260 by Richter M., et al. The EphA4 receptor regulates neuronal morphology through SPAR- mediated inactivation of Rap GTPases.