Description

Other Name: Ephrin type-A receptor 3 (EC 2.7.10.1;EPH-like kinase 4;EK4;hEK4;HEK;Human embryo kinase;Tyrosine-protein kinase TYRO4;Tyrosine-protein kinase receptor ETK1;Eph-like tyrosine kinase 1)

Background: 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],