Incidental Mutation 'R3724:Epha4'
ID 270656
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Epha4
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000026235
Gene Name Eph receptor A4
Synonyms Tyro1, Sek1, rb, Sek, Cek8, 2900005C20Rik, Hek8
MMRRC Submission 040715-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably essential (E-score: 0.949) question?
Stock # R3724 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 1
Chromosomal Location 77343822-77491725 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation splice site
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 77403180 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000140408 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000027451] [ENSMUST00000186930] [ENSMUST00000188797] [ENSMUST00000188952] [ENSMUST00000190149]
AlphaFold Q03137
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000027451
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000027451
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
EPH_lbd 30 204 1.35e-128 SMART
FN3 329 420 1.94e-8 SMART
FN3 441 522 9.18e-10 SMART
Pfam:EphA2_TM 548 618 1.7e-24 PFAM
TyrKc 621 878 1.91e-134 SMART
SAM 908 975 1.96e-20 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000186930
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140370
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 19 N/A INTRINSIC
FN3 33 124 9.6e-11 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000188797
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140954
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
EPH_lbd 30 204 1.35e-128 SMART
FN3 329 420 1.94e-8 SMART
FN3 441 522 9.18e-10 SMART
Pfam:EphA2_TM 547 618 1.8e-27 PFAM
TyrKc 621 878 1.91e-134 SMART
SAM 908 975 1.96e-20 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000188952
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000139640
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
EPH_lbd 30 204 1.35e-128 SMART
FN3 329 420 1.94e-8 SMART
FN3 441 522 9.18e-10 SMART
Pfam:EphA2_TM 547 618 1.8e-27 PFAM
TyrKc 621 878 1.91e-134 SMART
SAM 908 975 1.96e-20 SMART
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000189934
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000190149
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.3%
  • 20x: 95.1%
Validation Efficiency 98% (49/50)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] 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. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2015]
PHENOTYPE: Mutants are known for their "hopping gait". Homozygotes for targeted null mutations show loss of limb alternation in locomotion and axon guidance defects of the corticospinal tract within medulla and spinal cord, resulting in aberrant midline projections. Heterozygotes show less severe phenotype. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI

All alleles(66) : Targeted, knock-out(3) Targeted, other(9) Gene trapped(52) Spontaneous(2)

Other mutations in this stock
Total: 51 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
6430548M08Rik G T 8: 120,876,099 (GRCm39) R133L probably damaging Het
Abhd8 G A 8: 71,914,136 (GRCm39) A164V probably benign Het
Api5 C T 2: 94,255,958 (GRCm39) R243Q possibly damaging Het
Atl1 A G 12: 70,006,154 (GRCm39) T487A probably damaging Het
C2cd6 C T 1: 59,105,394 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ccdc88c G A 12: 100,896,783 (GRCm39) A1389V possibly damaging Het
Ccna1 T C 3: 54,958,353 (GRCm39) E110G probably damaging Het
Ccne2 T C 4: 11,203,039 (GRCm39) C386R probably benign Het
Cfap53 A G 18: 74,492,640 (GRCm39) I455V probably benign Het
Ctdp1 C T 18: 80,502,482 (GRCm39) V143I probably benign Het
Cyp11a1 A T 9: 57,926,605 (GRCm39) M47L probably benign Het
Dnah5 T C 15: 28,270,566 (GRCm39) L956P probably benign Het
Enkd1 A T 8: 106,430,557 (GRCm39) V326E possibly damaging Het
Etv5 T C 16: 22,254,662 (GRCm39) D66G probably damaging Het
Evi5l A G 8: 4,228,080 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Foxf2 A G 13: 31,814,513 (GRCm39) K409R probably damaging Het
Frem3 A G 8: 81,341,900 (GRCm39) T1398A probably benign Het
Galm A G 17: 80,490,709 (GRCm39) T289A probably benign Het
Gtdc1 T C 2: 44,646,319 (GRCm39) E44G probably damaging Het
Hmcn1 T A 1: 150,565,269 (GRCm39) Y2286F possibly damaging Het
Iars1 A G 13: 49,840,860 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ifna5 A G 4: 88,754,171 (GRCm39) E137G probably damaging Het
Itih4 G A 14: 30,614,541 (GRCm39) E468K possibly damaging Het
Kat6a A T 8: 23,352,804 (GRCm39) H196L probably damaging Het
Kctd16 A G 18: 40,391,912 (GRCm39) T167A possibly damaging Het
Klhl29 C T 12: 5,140,603 (GRCm39) V680I probably damaging Het
Marchf7 T C 2: 60,060,089 (GRCm39) I72T probably benign Het
Mbd6 C T 10: 127,119,760 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mefv A G 16: 3,526,058 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mindy3 T A 2: 12,360,165 (GRCm39) M6L probably damaging Het
Mrpl9 T A 3: 94,355,073 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Nlrp4e A T 7: 23,020,802 (GRCm39) T430S probably benign Het
Or4ac1-ps1 T G 2: 88,370,630 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Pcdh15 A T 10: 74,481,680 (GRCm39) T342S probably benign Het
Prkce A T 17: 86,476,051 (GRCm39) K11* probably null Het
Pros1 T C 16: 62,720,692 (GRCm39) I117T possibly damaging Het
Prpf38b T C 3: 108,811,656 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Sh3rf1 T C 8: 61,825,756 (GRCm39) S584P probably benign Het
Slit2 T C 5: 48,414,225 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Srsf4 C T 4: 131,627,413 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Stambp C T 6: 83,534,448 (GRCm39) E280K probably damaging Het
Tenm3 A G 8: 48,730,781 (GRCm39) I1329T probably damaging Het
Tex2 G A 11: 106,420,156 (GRCm39) T869I unknown Het
Tlk2 A G 11: 105,138,390 (GRCm39) T281A probably benign Het
Tpm1 G A 9: 66,939,227 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Trim3 A G 7: 105,260,396 (GRCm39) F702L probably damaging Het
Uba6 T C 5: 86,282,906 (GRCm39) D559G probably damaging Het
Vmn2r20 T A 6: 123,362,706 (GRCm39) T693S probably benign Het
Zfand2b A G 1: 75,146,499 (GRCm39) K125E possibly damaging Het
Zfp422 C T 6: 116,603,340 (GRCm39) A220T probably benign Het
Zfp747 A T 7: 126,973,762 (GRCm39) V136D probably benign Het
Other mutations in Epha4
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01315:Epha4 APN 1 77,375,194 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL01350:Epha4 APN 1 77,483,492 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01657:Epha4 APN 1 77,403,475 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01872:Epha4 APN 1 77,359,676 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
IGL02366:Epha4 APN 1 77,403,348 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
IGL02426:Epha4 APN 1 77,421,514 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
IGL02428:Epha4 APN 1 77,483,385 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
IGL02706:Epha4 APN 1 77,403,482 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02716:Epha4 APN 1 77,357,602 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03348:Epha4 APN 1 77,483,809 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
frog UTSW 1 77,481,076 (GRCm38) intron probably benign
R0324:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,360,188 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0392:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,610 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0538:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,365,178 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0562:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,365,124 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0885:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,359,576 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R1509:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,357,523 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1620:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,351,563 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.31
R1624:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,376,329 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1654:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,351,405 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R1755:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,364,460 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1807:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,351,541 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R2046:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,799 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2504:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,359,628 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2509:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,488,339 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.84
R2511:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,488,339 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.84
R3441:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,403,333 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.90
R3901:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,357,539 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3950:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,376,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3951:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,376,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R3952:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,376,353 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4012:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,366,731 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
R4321:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,850 (GRCm39) critical splice acceptor site probably null
R4422:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,488,354 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R4898:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,366,712 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R5072:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,421,639 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5270:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,244 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5281:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,351,504 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5315:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,365,109 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5531:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,351,513 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R5621:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,491,686 (GRCm39) utr 5 prime probably benign
R5648:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,375,162 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.25
R5747:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,520 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R5829:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,421,631 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R6185:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,743 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6486:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,360,186 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6821:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,359,582 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R6978:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,354,220 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7039:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,422 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7216:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,421,621 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7270:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,376,422 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7444:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,364,553 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7737:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,357,649 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7763:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,366,668 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R7950:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,833 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R8297:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,547 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8373:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,716 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.60
R8429:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,366,673 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.08
R8907:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,422 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9024:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,365,169 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
Z1088:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,483,299 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.61
Z1176:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,359,648 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1176:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,350,370 (GRCm39) makesense probably null
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CAGCTACAAGAATGGCATGC -3'
(R):5'- CTGCAAGAAATGTGGAGCTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TGGCATGCAGCTATTCCAAAG -3'
(R):5'- TGGTGATCCCAGCAAGTGC -3'
Posted On 2015-03-18