EPHA8

EPH receptor A8
PDB rendering based on 1ucv.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: Template:Homologene2PDBe PDBe, Template:Homologene2uniprot RCSB List of PDB id codes 1ucv​, 1x5l​
Identifiers
Symbols	EPHA8 ; EEK; HEK3; KIAA1459
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 22436
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Species	Human	Mouse
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EPH receptor A8, also known as EPHA8, is a human gene.

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.

Further reading

• Flanagan JG, Vanderhaeghen P (1998). "The ephrins and Eph receptors in neural development". Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 21: 309–45. doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.21.1.309. PMID 9530499.
• Holland SJ, Peles E, Pawson T, Schlessinger J (1998). "Cell-contact-dependent signalling in axon growth and guidance: Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta". Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 8 (1): 117–27. PMID 9568399.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Zhou R (1998). "The Eph family receptors and ligands". Pharmacol. Ther. 77 (3): 151–81. PMID 9576626.
• Holder N, Klein R (1999). "Eph receptors and ephrins: effectors of morphogenesis". Development. 126 (10): 2033–44. PMID 10207129.
• Wilkinson DG (2000). "Eph receptors and ephrins: regulators of guidance and assembly". Int. Rev. Cytol. 196: 177–244. PMID 10730216.
• Xu Q, Mellitzer G, Wilkinson DG (2001). "Roles of Eph receptors and ephrins in segmental patterning". Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 355 (1399): 993–1002. doi:10.1098/rstb.2000.0635. PMID 11128993.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Wilkinson DG (2001). "Multiple roles of EPH receptors and ephrins in neural development". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2 (3): 155–64. PMID 11256076.
• Nakamoto T, Kain KH, Ginsberg MH (2004). "Neurobiology: New connections between integrins and axon guidance". Curr. Biol. 14 (3): R121–3. PMID 14986683.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Yamaguchi Y, Pasquale EB (2004). "Eph receptors in the adult brain". Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 14 (3): 288–96. doi:10.1016/j.conb.2004.04.003. PMID 15194108.
• Murai KK, Pasquale EB (2004). "Eph receptors, ephrins, and synaptic function". The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry. 10 (4): 304–14. doi:10.1177/1073858403262221. PMID 15271258.
• Chan J, Watt VM (1991). "eek and erk, new members of the eph subclass of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases". Oncogene. 6 (6): 1057–61. PMID 1648701.
• Park S, Sánchez MP (1997). "The Eek receptor, a member of the Eph family of tyrosine protein kinases, can be activated by three different Eph family ligands". Oncogene. 14 (5): 533–42. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1200857. PMID 9053851.
• Park S, Frisén J, Barbacid M (1997). "Aberrant axonal projections in mice lacking EphA8 (Eek) tyrosine protein kinase receptors". EMBO J. 16 (11): 3106–14. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.11.3106. PMID 9214628.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• "Unified nomenclature for Eph family receptors and their ligands, the ephrins. Eph Nomenclature Committee". Cell. 90 (3): 403–4. 1997. PMID 9267020.
• Lemke G (1998). "A coherent nomenclature for Eph receptors and their ligands". Mol. Cell. Neurosci. 9 (5–6): 331–2. doi:10.1006/mcne.1997.0630. PMID 9361271.
• Choi S, Park S (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.