Function

Ephrins (Eph) are the membrane-bound ligands of ephrin receptors. The binding of Eph and ephrin receptors is achieved via cell-cell interaction. Eph/Eph receptor signaling regulates embryonic development, guidance of axon growth, long-term potentiation, angiogenesis and stem-cell differentiation [1]. See also Ephrin receptor, Eph/ephrin signaling pathway]], Ephrin Type-A Receptor.

Disease

Eph-A5 is implicated in spinal cord injury. Eph-A1 is implicated in myocardial injury and renal reperfusion injury.

Structural highlights

(PDB code 3mx0).[2]

Structure of glycosylated human ephrin-A5 receptor-binding domain (green) complex with ephrin type A receptor 2 (cyan) (PDB code 3mx0).

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3D structures of ephrin3D structures of ephrin

Updated on 09-January-2023


ReferencesReferences

  1. Egea J, Klein R. Bidirectional Eph-ephrin signaling during axon guidance. Trends Cell Biol. 2007 May;17(5):230-8. Epub 2007 Apr 8. PMID:17420126 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcb.2007.03.004
  2. Himanen JP, Yermekbayeva L, Janes PW, Walker JR, Xu K, Atapattu L, Rajashankar KR, Mensinga A, Lackmann M, Nikolov DB, Dhe-Paganon S. Architecture of Eph receptor clusters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 May 26. PMID:20505120

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