EPHA3

Also known as AW492086, Cek4, ETK1, End3, Hek, Hek4, Mek4

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gene data

EPHA3

Name: EPH receptor A3
Type: protein-coding
Aliases: EK4, ETK, ETK1, HEK, HEK4, TYRO4

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. This gene encodes a protein that binds ephrin-A ligands. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

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