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※ Eph family introduction

    Eph receptor tyrosine kinases are known able to bind their ephrin ligands and act as key regulator of cell contact-dependent signaling and patterning. Eph kinase contains fourteen members which can further be classified into two subclasses A and B in human. EphA1-8 and Eph10 belong to subclass A, EphB1-4 and EphB6 belong to subclass B. Eph kinases consist of two regions: intracellular region and extracellular region. The extracellular part contains a globular ligand-binding domain, a cysteine-rich region and two fibronectin type III repeats. The intracellular part contains a short juxtamembrane region, a kinase catalytic domain, a sterile α motif (SAM) protein−protein interaction domain and a PDZ-binding motif. Eph/ephrin binding will lead to very diverse biological readouts including adhesion versus repulsion and increased versus decreased motility. Depending on the different cell type and context, the interaction will lead to different downstream signaling pathway. In addition, evidence shows that endocytosis of Eph/ephrin and associated tissue-specific effectors are essential for diverse biological roles and processes (1).

Reference
1. Pitulescu, M.E. and Adams, R.H. (2010) Eph/ephrin molecules--a hub for signaling and endocytosis. Genes Dev, 24, 2480-2492. PMID: 21078817


There are 13 genes.  Reviewed (0 or Unreviewed (13

No.StatusEKPD IDGene IDGene Name
1
EKS-CAF-00013
ENSCAFG00000003745
EPHB6
2
EKS-CAF-00001
ENSCAFG00000015936
EPHA4; Cfa.39442
3
EKS-CAF-00011
ENSCAFG00000023528
EPHA8
4
EKS-CAF-00004
ENSCAFG00000003332
EPHA7
5
EKS-CAF-00012
ENSCAFG00000003578
EPHA1
6
EKS-CAF-00008
ENSCAFG00000009081
EPHA6
7
EKS-CAF-00010
ENSCAFG00000016011
EPHA2
8
EKS-CAF-00003
ENSCAFG00000008741
Cfa.33135
9
EKS-CAF-00007
ENSCAFG00000013005
EPHB3
10
EKS-CAF-00002
ENSCAFG00000002714
EPHA5
11
EKS-CAF-00005
ENSCAFG00000014323
EPHB2
12
EKS-CAF-00006
ENSCAFG00000006971
EPHB1
13
EKS-CAF-00009
ENSCAFG00000014162
EPHB4