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Facts about Ephrin type-A receptor 2.
Activated from the ligand ephrin-A1/EFNA1 regulates migration, integrin-mediated adhesion, proliferation and differentiation of cells. Regulates cell adhesion and differentiation through DSG1/desmoglein-1 and inhibition of the ERK1/ERK2 (MAPK3/MAPK1, respectively) signaling pathway.
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Gene Name: | EPHA2 |
Uniprot: | P29317 |
Entrez: | 1969 |
Belongs to: |
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protein kinase superfamily |
ARCC2; EC 2.7.10; EC 2.7.10.1; Eck; ECKepithelial cell receptor protein tyrosine kinase; EPH receptor A2; EphA2; ephrin type-A receptor 2; Epithelial cell kinase; Myk2; Sek2; soluble EPHA2 variant 1; Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor ECK
Mass (kDA):
108.266 kDA
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Location: | 1p36.13 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (16124337..16156104, complement) |
Expressed in brain and glioma tissue and glioma cell lines (at protein level). Expressed most highly in tissues that contain a high proportion of epithelial cells, e.g. skin, intestine, lung, and ovary.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell projection, ruffle membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell projection, lamellipodium membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cell junction, focal adhesion. Present at regions of cell-cell contacts but also at the leading edge of migrating cells (PubMed:19573808, PubMed:20861311). Relocates from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasmic and perinuclear regions in cancer cells (PubMed:18794797).
PMID: 2174105 by Lindberg R.A., et al. cDNA cloning and characterization of eck, an epithelial cell receptor protein-tyrosine kinase in the eph/elk family of protein kinases.
PMID: 18593464 by Jin P., et al. Novel splice variants derived from the receptor tyrosine kinase superfamily are potential therapeutics for rheumatoid arthritis.