Gene Information
Gene NameEPHA4
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length986
Protein NamesEphrin type-A receptor 4 (EC 2.7.10.1) (EPH-like kinase 8) (EK8) (hEK8) (Tyrosine-protein kinase TYRO1) (Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor SEK)
Target Nameephrin type-a receptor 4
Target TypeLiterature-reported target
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000116106 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP54764
Gene CardEPHA4
Uniprot IDP54764
PfamPF14575; PF01404; PF00041; PF07714; PF07647
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.263722734)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ EPHA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ EPHA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ EPHA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ EPHA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Epha4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ EPHA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Epha4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ EPHA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsEPHA3, EPHA6, EPHB6, EPHA7, EPHA5, EPHA1, EPHB1, EPHB3, EPHB4, EPHA8, EPHB2, EPHA2, EPHA10
ParalogsEPHA7, NTRK1, EPHB3, ALK, FGFR3, EPHA2, LMTK2, EPHB1, EPHA3, INSR, PDGFRA, EGFR, CSF1R, ERBB3, KIT, NTRK3, DDR1, ERBB4, EPHA8, TEK, MUSK, MERTK, FGFR4, FLT3, EPHB6, FLT1, DDR2, EPHA6, NTRK2, IGF1R, INSRR, EPHB4, PDGFRB, ERBB2, KDR, EPHA5, FGFR2, TYRO3, MST1R, AXL, EPHB2, ROR1, ROR2, ROS1, EPHA10, RET, LTK, FLT4, TIE1, FGFR1, RYK, EPHA1, MET
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityUbiquitous.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.004323(Rat);0.02(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2LW8  (NMR  2WO1  (X-ray  1.85A  2WO2  (X-ray  2.45A  2WO3  (X-ray  2.35A  3CKH  (X-ray  2.80A  3GXU  (X-ray  2.50A  4BK4  (X-ray  3.65A  4BK5  (X-ray  4.00A  4BKA  (X-ray  5.30A  4BKF  (X-ray  4.65A  4M4P  (X-ray  2.08A  4M4R  (X-ray  3.13A  4W4Z  (X-ray  2.41A  4W50  (X-ray  2.42A  5JR2  (X-ray  1.75A  7OFV  (X-ray  1.43A 
DBSNP rs35084379  rs756952113  rs868224085  rs35341687 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000250};
Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Cell projection, axon {ECO:0000250}. Cell projection, dendrite {ECO:0000250}. Postsynaptic density membrane {ECO:0000250}. Early endosome {ECO:0000250}. Cell junction, adherens junction {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q03137}. Note=Clustered upon activation and targeted to early endosome. {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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