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Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q9UF33 (EPHA6_HUMAN)

Last modified February 9, 2010. Version 72. Feed History...

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Names and origin · Protein attributes · General annotation (Comments) · Ontologies · Alternative products · Sequence annotation (Features) · Sequences · References · Cross-references · Entry information · Relevant documents

Names and origin

Protein namesRecommended name:
    Ephrin type-A receptor 6
    EC=2.7.10.1
Alternative name(s):
    EPH homology kinase 2
      Short name=EHK-2
Gene names
Name: EPHA6
Synonyms: EHK2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human) [Complete proteome]
Taxonomic identifier9606 [NCBI]
Taxonomic lineageEukaryotaMetazoaChordataCraniataVertebrataEuteleostomiMammaliaEutheriaEuarchontogliresPrimatesHaplorrhiniCatarrhiniHominidaeHomo

Protein attributes

Sequence length1035 AA.
Sequence statusComplete.
Sequence processingThe displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.
Protein existenceEvidence at transcript level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function

Receptor for members of the ephrin-A family.

Catalytic activity

ATP + a [protein]-L-tyrosine = ADP + a [protein]-L-tyrosine phosphate.

Subcellular location

Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein By similarity.

Tissue specificity

Expressed in brain and testis. Ref.3

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Tyr protein kinase family. Ephrin receptor subfamily.

Contains 2 fibronectin type-III domains.

Contains 1 protein kinase domain.

Contains 1 SAM (sterile alpha motif) domain.

Alternative products

This entry describes 2 isoforms produced by alternative splicing. [Align] [Select]
Isoform 1 (identifier: Q9UF33-1)

This isoform has been chosen as the 'canonical' sequence. All positional information in this entry refers to it. This is also the sequence that appears in the downloadable versions of the entry.
Isoform 2 (identifier: Q9UF33-2)

The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows:
     1-513: Missing.
     514-536: IRVRTATGYSGYSQKFEFETGDE → MKDSPFQVTKLYWLNEKWDFIAS
     834-847: GGKIPIRWTAPEAI → DLFQTLTLNLCYSA
     848-1035: Missing.

Sequence annotation (Features)

Feature keyPosition(s)LengthDescriptionGraphical viewFeature identifier

Molecule processing

Signal peptide1 – 2222 Potential
Chain23 – 10351013Ephrin type-A receptor 6
PRO_0000235684

Regions

Topological domain23 – 549527Extracellular Potential
Transmembrane550 – 57021 Potential
Topological domain571 – 1035465Cytoplasmic Potential
Domain330 – 434105Fibronectin type-III 1
Domain438 – 53396Fibronectin type-III 2
Domain630 – 943314Protein kinase
Domain960 – 102465SAM
Nucleotide binding636 – 6449ATP By similarity
Region33 – 206174Ephrin-binding
Motif1033 – 10353PDZ-binding Potential

Sites

Active site7971Proton acceptor By similarity
Binding site6621ATP By similarity

Amino acid modifications

Modified residue6051Phosphotyrosine; by autocatalysis Potential
Modified residue6111Phosphotyrosine; by autocatalysis Potential
Modified residue8301Phosphotyrosine; by autocatalysis Potential
Modified residue9771Phosphotyrosine; by autocatalysis Potential
Glycosylation3421N-linked (GlcNAc...) Potential
Glycosylation3961N-linked (GlcNAc...) Potential
Glycosylation4091N-linked (GlcNAc...) Potential

Natural variations

Alternative sequence1 – 513513Missing in isoform 2.
VSP_018473
Alternative sequence514 – 53623IRVRT…ETGDE → MKDSPFQVTKLYWLNEKWDF IAS in isoform 2.
VSP_018474
Alternative sequence834 – 84714GGKIP…APEAI → DLFQTLTLNLCYSA in isoform 2.
VSP_018475
Alternative sequence848 – 1035188Missing in isoform 2.
VSP_018476
Natural variant7031F → S
VAR_042149
Natural variant7101A → V: dbSNP rs4857276.
VAR_055991

Experimental info

Sequence conflict597 – 5982CK → LR in CAB63775. Ref.1
Sequence conflict7011S → R in CAB63775. Ref.1

Sequences

Sequence LengthMass (Da)Tools
Isoform 1 [UniParc].

Last modified May 16, 2006. Version 2.
Checksum: 4D58757D9F4CF178

FASTA1,035116,116
        10         20         30         40         50         60 
MGGCEVREFL LQFGFFLPLL TAWPGDCSHV SNQVVLLDTT TVLGELGWKT YPLNGWDAIT 

        70         80         90        100        110        120 
EMDEHNRPIH TYQVCNVMEP NQNNWLRTNW ISRDAAQKIY VEMKFTLRDC NSIPWVLGTC 

       130        140        150        160        170        180 
KETFNLFYME SDESHGIKFK PNQYTKIDTI AADESFTQMD LGDRILKLNT EIREVGPIER 

       190        200        210        220        230        240 
KGFYLAFQDI GACIALVSVR VFYKKCPFTV RNLAMFPDTI PRVDSSSLVE VRGSCVKSAE 

       250        260        270        280        290        300 
ERDTPKLYCG ADGDWLVPLG RCICSTGYEE IEGSCHACRP GFYKAFAGNT KCSKCPPHSL 

       310        320        330        340        350        360 
TYMEATSVCQ CEKGYFRAEK DPPSMACTGP PSAPRNVVFN INETALILEW SPPSDTGGRK 

       370        380        390        400        410        420 
DLTYSVICKK CGLDTSQCED CGGGLRFIPR HTGLINNSVI VLDFVSHVNY TFEIEAMNGV 

       430        440        450        460        470        480 
SELSFSPKPF TAITVTTDHD APSLIGMMRK DWASQNSIAL SWQAPAFSNG AILDYEIKYY 

       490        500        510        520        530        540 
EKEHEQLTYS STRSKAPSVI ITGLKPATKY VFHIRVRTAT GYSGYSQKFE FETGDEASDM 

       550        560        570        580        590        600 
AAEQGQILVI ATAAVGGFTL LVILTLFFLI TGRCQWYIKA KMKSEEKRRN HLQNGHCKFP 

       610        620        630        640        650        660 
GIKTYIDPDT YEDPSLAVHE FAKEIDPSRI RIERVIGAGE FGEVCSGRLK TPGKREIPVA 

       670        680        690        700        710        720 
IKTLKGGHMD RQRRDFLREA SIMGQFDHPN IIRLEGVVTK SSFPAIGVEA FCPSFLRAGF 

       730        740        750        760        770        780 
LNSIQAPHPV PGGGSLPPRI PAGRPVMIVV EYMENGSLDS FLRKHDGHFT VIQLVGMLRG 

       790        800        810        820        830        840 
IASGMKYLSD MGYVHRDLAA RNILVNSNLV CKVSDFGLSR VLEDDPEAAY TTTGGKIPIR 

       850        860        870        880        890        900 
WTAPEAIAYR KFSSASDAWS YGIVMWEVMS YGERPYWEMS NQDVILSIEE GYRLPAPMGC 

       910        920        930        940        950        960 
PASLHQLMLH CWQKERNHRP KFTDIVSFLD KLIRNPSALH TLVEDILVMP ESPGEVPEYP 

       970        980        990       1000       1010       1020 
LFVTVGDWLD SIKMGQYKNN FVAAGFTTFD LISRMSIEDI RRIGVILIGH QRRIVSSIQT 

      1030 
LRLHMMHIQE KGFHV 

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Isoform 2.

Checksum: DE9F93BC43795CF0
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FASTA33437,167

References

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[1]"The full-ORF clone resource of the German cDNA consortium."
Bechtel S., Rosenfelder H., Duda A., Schmidt C.P., Ernst U., Wellenreuther R., Mehrle A., Schuster C., Bahr A., Bloecker H., Heubner D., Hoerlein A., Michel G., Wedler H., Koehrer K., Ottenwaelder B., Poustka A., Wiemann S., Schupp I.
BMC Genomics 8:399-399(2007) [PubMed: 17974005] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 2).
Tissue: Testis.
[2]"The DNA sequence, annotation and analysis of human chromosome 3."
Muzny D.M., Scherer S.E., Kaul R., Wang J., Yu J., Sudbrak R., Buhay C.J., Chen R., Cree A., Ding Y., Dugan-Rocha S., Gill R., Gunaratne P., Harris R.A., Hawes A.C., Hernandez J., Hodgson A.V., Hume J. expand/collapse author list , Jackson A., Khan Z.M., Kovar-Smith C., Lewis L.R., Lozado R.J., Metzker M.L., Milosavljevic A., Miner G.R., Morgan M.B., Nazareth L.V., Scott G., Sodergren E., Song X.-Z., Steffen D., Wei S., Wheeler D.A., Wright M.W., Worley K.C., Yuan Y., Zhang Z., Adams C.Q., Ansari-Lari M.A., Ayele M., Brown M.J., Chen G., Chen Z., Clendenning J., Clerc-Blankenburg K.P., Chen R., Chen Z., Davis C., Delgado O., Dinh H.H., Dong W., Draper H., Ernst S., Fu G., Gonzalez-Garay M.L., Garcia D.K., Gillett W., Gu J., Hao B., Haugen E., Havlak P., He X., Hennig S., Hu S., Huang W., Jackson L.R., Jacob L.S., Kelly S.H., Kube M., Levy R., Li Z., Liu B., Liu J., Liu W., Lu J., Maheshwari M., Nguyen B.-V., Okwuonu G.O., Palmeiri A., Pasternak S., Perez L.M., Phelps K.A., Plopper F.J., Qiang B., Raymond C., Rodriguez R., Saenphimmachak C., Santibanez J., Shen H., Shen Y., Subramanian S., Tabor P.E., Verduzco D., Waldron L., Wang J., Wang J., Wang Q., Williams G.A., Wong G.K.-S., Yao Z., Zhang J., Zhang X., Zhao G., Zhou J., Zhou Y., Nelson D., Lehrach H., Reinhardt R., Naylor S.L., Yang H., Olson M., Weinstock G., Gibbs R.A.
Nature 440:1194-1198(2006) [PubMed: 16641997] [Abstract]
Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
[3]"Differential gene expression of Eph receptors and ephrins in benign human tissues and cancers."
Hafner C., Schmitz G., Meyer S., Bataille F., Hau P., Langmann T., Dietmaier W., Landthaler M., Vogt T.
Clin. Chem. 50:490-499(2004) [PubMed: 14726470] [Abstract]
Cited for: TISSUE SPECIFICITY.
[4]"Patterns of somatic mutation in human cancer genomes."
Greenman C., Stephens P., Smith R., Dalgliesh G.L., Hunter C., Bignell G., Davies H., Teague J., Butler A., Stevens C., Edkins S., O'Meara S., Vastrik I., Schmidt E.E., Avis T., Barthorpe S., Bhamra G., Buck G. expand/collapse author list , Choudhury B., Clements J., Cole J., Dicks E., Forbes S., Gray K., Halliday K., Harrison R., Hills K., Hinton J., Jenkinson A., Jones D., Menzies A., Mironenko T., Perry J., Raine K., Richardson D., Shepherd R., Small A., Tofts C., Varian J., Webb T., West S., Widaa S., Yates A., Cahill D.P., Louis D.N., Goldstraw P., Nicholson A.G., Brasseur F., Looijenga L., Weber B.L., Chiew Y.-E., DeFazio A., Greaves M.F., Green A.R., Campbell P., Birney E., Easton D.F., Chenevix-Trench G., Tan M.-H., Khoo S.K., Teh B.T., Yuen S.T., Leung S.Y., Wooster R., Futreal P.A., Stratton M.R.
Nature 446:153-158(2007) [PubMed: 17344846] [Abstract]
Cited for: VARIANT [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] SER-703.

Cross-references

Sequence databases

EMBL
GenBank
DDBJ
AL133666 mRNA. Translation: CAB63775.1.
AC109782 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
AC119745 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
AC107482 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
AC117470 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
AC130510 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
AC117439 Genomic DNA. No translation available.
IPIIPI00737817.
IPI00945901.
PIRT43450.
RefSeqNP_775926.1.
UniGeneHs.653244

3D structure databases

SMRQ9UF33. Positions 33-207, 273-299, 451-537, 617-937, 957-1029.
ModBaseSearch...

Protein-protein interaction databases

STRINGQ9UF33.

PTM databases

PhosphoSiteQ9UF33.

Proteomic databases

PRIDEQ9UF33.

Genome annotation databases

EnsemblENST00000389672; ENSP00000374323; ENSG00000080224; Homo sapiens. [Genome view]
ENST00000477384; ENSP00000419470; ENSG00000080224; Homo sapiens. [Genome view]
GeneID285220.
UCSCuc003drr.2. human.
uc010how.1. human.

Organism-specific databases

CTD285220.
GeneCardsGC03P098017.
HGNCHGNC:19296. EPHA6.
MIM600066. gene.
PharmGKBPA134866684.
GenAtlasSearch...

Phylogenomic databases

HOGENOMHBG755340.
HOVERGENQ9UF33.
InParanoidQ9UF33.

Enzyme and pathway databases

BRENDA2.7.10.1. 247.
Pathway_Interaction_DBepha_fwdpathway. EPHA forward signaling.
ephrina_ephapathway. EphrinA-EPHA pathway.

Gene expression databases

ArrayExpressQ9UF33.
BgeeQ9UF33.
CleanExHS_EPHA6.
GenevestigatorQ9UF33.
GermOnlineENSG00000080224. Homo sapiens.

Family and domain databases

InterProIPR001090. Ephrin_rcpt_lig-bd.
IPR008957. Fibronectin_typ-III-like_fold.
IPR003961. FN_III.
IPR003962. FnIII_subd.
IPR008979. Galactose-bd-like.
IPR009030. Growth_fac_rcpt.
IPR011009. Kinase-like_dom.
IPR000719. Prot_kinase_cat_dom.
IPR017441. Protein_kinase_ATP_BS.
IPR001660. SAM.
IPR010993. SAM_homology.
IPR021129. SAM_type1.
IPR020635. Tyr_Pkinase_cat_dom.
IPR020685. Tyr_prot_kinase.
IPR008266. Tyr_prot_kinase_AS.
IPR016257. Tyr_prot_kinase_ephrin_rcpt.
IPR001426. Tyr_prot_kinase_rcpt_V_CS.
[Graphical view]
Gene3DG3DSA:2.60.40.30. FN_III-like. 2 hits.
PANTHERPTHR23256. Tyr_prot_kinase. 1 hit.
PfamPF01404. Ephrin_lbd. 1 hit.
PF00041. fn3. 2 hits.
PF00536. SAM_1. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
PIRSFPIRSF000666. TyrPK_ephrin_receptor. 1 hit.
PRINTSPR00014. FNTYPEIII.
SMARTSM00615. EPH_lbd. 1 hit.
SM00060. FN3. 2 hits.
SM00454. SAM. 1 hit.
SM00219. TyrKc. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
PROSITEPS50853. FN3. 2 hits.
PS00107. PROTEIN_KINASE_ATP. 1 hit.
PS50011. PROTEIN_KINASE_DOM. 1 hit.
PS00109. PROTEIN_KINASE_TYR. 1 hit.
PS00790. RECEPTOR_TYR_KIN_V_1. 1 hit.
PS00791. RECEPTOR_TYR_KIN_V_2. 1 hit.
PS50105. SAM_DOMAIN. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]
ProtoNetSearch...

Other Resources

NextBio95357.
SOURCESearch...

Entry information

Entry nameEPHA6_HUMAN
AccessionPrimary (citable) accession number: Q9UF33
Entry history
Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: May 16, 2006
Last sequence update: May 16, 2006
Last modified: February 9, 2010
This is version 72 of the entry and version 2 of the sequence. [Complete history]
Entry statusReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation projectHPI (Human Proteome Initiative)
DisclaimerAny medical or genetic information present in this entry is provided for research, educational and informational purposes only. It is not in any way intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care.

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Names and origin · Protein attributes · General annotation (Comments) · Ontologies · Alternative products · Sequence annotation (Features) · Sequences · References · Cross-references · Entry information · Relevant documents