Tchem EPHA7 Ephrin type-A receptor 7

Protein Summary

Description

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. This gene belongs to 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. Increased expression of this gene is associated with multiple forms of carcinoma. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2013]

Uniprot Accession IDs

• Q15375
• A0AUX7
• B2R8W1
• B7ZLJ9
• B7ZLK0
• Q59G40
• Q5VTU0
• Q8N368
• Q9H124

Gene Name

• EPHA7

Ensembl ID

• ENST00000369297
• ENSP00000358303
• ENSG00000135333
• ENST00000369303
• ENSP00000358309

Symbol

• EHK3
• HEK11
• EHK3
• EK11
• EHK-3
• HEK11

Knowledge Table

Most Knowledge About	Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
protein domain	1
molecular function	0.99
PubMedID	0.81
microRNA	0.79
trait	0.75

Protein Classes

DTO Classes

Protein / Kinase / Protein Kinase / Tk Group / Eph Family / Ephrin Type-a Receptor 7

IDG Development Level Summary

Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 111.48   (req: < 5)

Gene RIFs: 24   (req: <= 3)

Antibodies: 488   (req: <= 50)

Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 111.48   (req: >= 5)

Gene RIFs: 24   (req: > 3)

Antibodies: 488   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 30

Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligands: 9

Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0