InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Homo sapiens Protein: EPHA7

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-94411.6

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

EPHA7

Protein Name

EPH receptor A7

Synonyms

EHK-3; EHK3; EK11; HEK11;

Species

Homo sapiens

Ensembl Protein

ENSP00000358303

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-94407 (EPHA7)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Receptor tyrosine kinase which binds promiscuously GPI- anchored ephrin-A family ligands residing on adjacent cells, leading to contact-dependent bidirectional signaling into neighboring cells. The signaling pathway downstream of the receptor is referred to as forward signaling while the signaling pathway downstream of the ephrin ligand is referred to as reverse signaling. Among GPI-anchored ephrin-A ligands, EFNA5 is a cognate/functional ligand for EPHA7 and their interaction regulates brain development modulating cell-cell adhesion and repulsion. Has a repellent activity on axons and is for instance involved in the guidance of corticothalamic axons and in the proper topographic mapping of retinal axons to the colliculus. May also regulate brain development through a caspase(CASP3)-dependent proapoptotic activity. Forward signaling may result in activation of components of the ERK signaling pathway including MAP2K1, MAP2K2, MAPK1 AND MAPK3 which are phosphorylated upon activation of EPHA7. {ECO:0000269PubMed:17726105}.

Subcellular Localization

Cell membrane {ECO:0000305}; Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000305}.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Widely expressed.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 17 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 1 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	17 [view]
Protein-Protein	17 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	1 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0004713	protein tyrosine kinase activity
GO:0005004	GPI-linked ephrin receptor activity
GO:0005515	protein binding
GO:0005524	ATP binding
GO:0008046	axon guidance receptor activity
GO:0045499	chemorepellent activity

Biological Process

GO:0007420	brain development
GO:0016310	phosphorylation
GO:0018108	peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation
GO:0022407	regulation of cell-cell adhesion
GO:0031952	regulation of protein autophosphorylation
GO:0043281	regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process
GO:0043525	positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process
GO:0048013	ephrin receptor signaling pathway
GO:0048755	branching morphogenesis of a nerve
GO:0050730	regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation
GO:0050919	negative chemotaxis
GO:0070372	regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade