Incidental Mutation 'R2372:Epha8'
ID 248158
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Epha8
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000028661
Gene Name Eph receptor A8
Synonyms Eek, Hek3, EphA8
MMRRC Submission 040352-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R2372 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 4
Chromosomal Location 136656730-136684127 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 136660321 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Tyrosine to Cysteine at position 714 (Y714C)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000030420 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000030420]
AlphaFold O09127
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000030420
AA Change: Y714C

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000030420
Gene: ENSMUSG00000028661
AA Change: Y714C

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 26 N/A INTRINSIC
EPH_lbd 30 203 2.59e-116 SMART
FN3 328 418 4.03e-6 SMART
FN3 439 520 1.67e-12 SMART
Pfam:EphA2_TM 542 631 5.8e-10 PFAM
TyrKc 634 891 1.03e-125 SMART
SAM 926 993 4.74e-19 SMART
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.7241 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 97.0%
  • 20x: 94.2%
Validation Efficiency 97% (36/37)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes a member of 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. The protein encoded by this gene functions as a receptor for ephrin A2, A3 and A5 and plays a role in short-range contact-mediated axonal guidance during development of the mammalian nervous system. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for this targeted mutation are viable, fertile, and grossly normal but exhibit a commissural defect, whereby tectal axons fail to project from the superior colliculus of the midbrain to the contralateral inferior colliculus and instead project to the ipsilateral cervical spinal cord. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 34 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1700008O03Rik A G 7: 44,009,704 (GRCm39) L135S probably damaging Het
A2ml1 C T 6: 128,557,349 (GRCm39) A115T probably benign Het
Alpi G T 1: 87,028,316 (GRCm39) T169N probably damaging Het
Ccdc15 T C 9: 37,226,801 (GRCm39) D378G possibly damaging Het
Cpb2 T G 14: 75,505,490 (GRCm39) V162G probably damaging Het
Dnmbp T C 19: 43,890,759 (GRCm39) E336G probably benign Het
Dok6 G C 18: 89,432,988 (GRCm39) R274G probably null Het
Eef1d G A 15: 75,768,166 (GRCm39) R199C probably damaging Het
Fyb1 T C 15: 6,681,388 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gfpt2 A G 11: 49,698,542 (GRCm39) N46D probably benign Het
Gm10608 CAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA CAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA 9: 118,989,784 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Gm11596 C A 11: 99,684,082 (GRCm39) E13* probably null Het
Gsx2 T C 5: 75,237,713 (GRCm39) F222L probably damaging Het
Hpca T A 4: 129,012,237 (GRCm39) K100* probably null Het
Iqsec1 A G 6: 90,671,636 (GRCm39) S89P probably damaging Het
Kif12 T A 4: 63,086,796 (GRCm39) T347S possibly damaging Het
Knop1 A G 7: 118,452,440 (GRCm39) L93S probably damaging Het
Mib1 A G 18: 10,812,045 (GRCm39) T981A probably damaging Het
N4bp2l1 C T 5: 150,496,246 (GRCm39) E123K probably damaging Het
Npr2 C T 4: 43,650,432 (GRCm39) R976W probably damaging Het
Rbpj T C 5: 53,799,537 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ro60 C A 1: 143,646,620 (GRCm39) E42* probably null Het
Ruvbl1 T C 6: 88,462,779 (GRCm39) V301A possibly damaging Het
Sgip1 T C 4: 102,766,988 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Sh3bp2 T C 5: 34,716,840 (GRCm39) I361T probably benign Het
Skint1 T A 4: 111,876,348 (GRCm39) Y90N probably damaging Het
Slc25a45 G A 19: 5,934,580 (GRCm39) V183I probably benign Het
Slco4c1 T A 1: 96,748,925 (GRCm39) H664L probably benign Het
Sult2a4 T A 7: 13,649,225 (GRCm39) I194L probably benign Het
Tecta C A 9: 42,299,570 (GRCm39) D173Y probably damaging Het
Tnrc18 T A 5: 142,745,459 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Use1 T C 8: 71,821,823 (GRCm39) L169P possibly damaging Het
Zfp335 A G 2: 164,736,959 (GRCm39) L918P probably damaging Het
Zfp451 A T 1: 33,819,133 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Other mutations in Epha8
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00946:Epha8 APN 4 136,673,121 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL00960:Epha8 APN 4 136,679,150 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
IGL01124:Epha8 APN 4 136,663,394 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01550:Epha8 APN 4 136,659,051 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.87
IGL01807:Epha8 APN 4 136,658,993 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
IGL01844:Epha8 APN 4 136,658,360 (GRCm39) makesense probably null
IGL02167:Epha8 APN 4 136,658,405 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0255:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,667,597 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R0445:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,711 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1757:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,658,789 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R1911:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,663,625 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1936:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,667,554 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R2291:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,658 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2359:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,673,343 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4581:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,775 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4747:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,666,006 (GRCm39) frame shift probably null
R4784:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,633 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5156:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,666,037 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.14
R5164:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,672,983 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R5335:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,246 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5480:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,662,441 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5552:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,210 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5830:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,663,701 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R6017:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,054 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6450:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,210 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6798:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,672,980 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R6799:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,672,980 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R7060:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,658,469 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7297:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,673,224 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7344:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,661,849 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.14
R7467:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,658,399 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R7563:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,666,100 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R7826:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,663,498 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.09
R7845:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,663,712 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R7863:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,966 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7904:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,050 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.95
R7918:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,661,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.12
R8177:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,672,974 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8244:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8266:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8268:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8269:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8289:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8290:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8294:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8295:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8299:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8445:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,600 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.13
R8889:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,661,850 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
R8892:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,661,850 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
R8928:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8965:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8983:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8984:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8988:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9081:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9231:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,673,226 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9262:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,658,995 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9370:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,673,511 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R9466:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,662,414 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9478:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9546:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9547:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9550:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9585:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9624:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,659,065 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9686:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9687:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9690:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9744:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9763:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,665,897 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R9794:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,666,035 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.16
RF025:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,348 (GRCm39) critical splice acceptor site probably benign
RF054:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,348 (GRCm39) critical splice acceptor site probably benign
Z1176:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,666,007 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- GCAACTCTAGGACCTTCATGG -3'
(R):5'- GTCCCTAGATGATCCTGGAGTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- GCAATTTGATCAACTGGACCTC -3'
(R):5'- CCTAGATGATCCTGGAGTGCTCAG -3'
Posted On 2014-11-11