Incidental Mutation 'R3951:Epha4'
ID 307914
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 040828-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably essential (E-score: 0.949) question?
Stock # R3951 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 1
Chromosomal Location 77343822-77491725 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 77376353 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Tyrosine to Asparagine at position 509 (Y509N)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000139640 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000027451] [ENSMUST00000186930] [ENSMUST00000188797] [ENSMUST00000188952] [ENSMUST00000190149]
AlphaFold Q03137
PDB Structure THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN EPH RECEPTOR SAM DOMAIN REVEALS A MECHANISM FOR MODULAR DIMERIZATION. [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Crystal structure of a mutant EphA4 kinase domain (Y742A) [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Crystal structure of EphA4 kinase domain in complex with VUF 12058 [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF EPHA4 KINASE DOMAIN [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Crystal structure of EphA4 kinase domain in complex with Dasatinib. [X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000027451
AA Change: Y509N

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000027451
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: Y509N

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 damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000188797
AA Change: Y509N

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140954
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: Y509N

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 damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000188952
AA Change: Y509N

PolyPhen 2 Score 1.000 (Sensitivity: 0.00; Specificity: 1.00)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000139640
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: Y509N

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
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.9449 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.2%
  • 20x: 94.9%
Validation Efficiency 100% (55/55)
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: 52 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
1700017N19Rik T C 10: 100,451,158 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
4932414N04Rik T C 2: 68,494,747 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Akr1c18 C T 13: 4,185,284 (GRCm39) V283I probably benign Het
Atp2b2 T A 6: 113,737,792 (GRCm39) M861L possibly damaging Het
Cdh23 T C 10: 60,493,105 (GRCm39) Y3C probably benign Het
Clspn A G 4: 126,470,172 (GRCm39) E814G probably damaging Het
Csgalnact1 T C 8: 68,913,914 (GRCm39) Q97R probably benign Het
Dera A G 6: 137,814,118 (GRCm39) Y100C probably damaging Het
Ect2 A T 3: 27,184,269 (GRCm39) D517E probably benign Het
Fat2 T C 11: 55,187,208 (GRCm39) T1213A probably benign Het
Fkbp8 T A 8: 70,985,311 (GRCm39) L275Q probably damaging Het
Gabrb2 A G 11: 42,517,708 (GRCm39) Y510C probably damaging Het
Gda T C 19: 21,449,809 (GRCm39) T16A probably benign Het
Ggcx G A 6: 72,403,541 (GRCm39) G363R probably benign Het
Gm527 T G 12: 64,970,276 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hoxb2 A G 11: 96,244,001 (GRCm39) E204G probably damaging Het
Hsd17b11 G A 5: 104,140,803 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Kat14 T C 2: 144,249,249 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Kif16b C T 2: 142,549,279 (GRCm39) V1079I probably benign Het
Klhl29 T A 12: 5,190,660 (GRCm39) S112C probably damaging Het
Lpcat2 G T 8: 93,591,531 (GRCm39) M58I probably benign Het
Lrrc8d G T 5: 105,962,142 (GRCm39) V851F probably benign Het
Ltbp3 T C 19: 5,806,029 (GRCm39) V929A probably damaging Het
Map3k20 T G 2: 72,268,644 (GRCm39) I550M probably damaging Het
Map3k9 T C 12: 81,769,295 (GRCm39) M941V probably benign Het
Myom2 A T 8: 15,134,556 (GRCm39) Y453F probably benign Het
Ncapd2 T C 6: 125,163,747 (GRCm39) K78E probably damaging Het
Ncor2 G T 5: 125,109,320 (GRCm39) D1496E possibly damaging Het
Ndnf T C 6: 65,680,125 (GRCm39) Y135H possibly damaging Het
Ndst1 T C 18: 60,830,211 (GRCm39) N633S probably benign Het
Nmur2 G C 11: 55,931,051 (GRCm39) P220R probably damaging Het
Nsd1 G C 13: 55,416,267 (GRCm39) E1438Q probably benign Het
Or5al7 G T 2: 85,992,962 (GRCm39) C110* probably null Het
Or5w10 T C 2: 87,375,409 (GRCm39) T160A probably damaging Het
Or8g2 A T 9: 39,822,021 (GRCm39) R307S probably benign Het
Or9s23 T A 1: 92,501,511 (GRCm39) M206K possibly damaging Het
Pom121l2 T G 13: 22,166,298 (GRCm39) S190A probably damaging Het
Prb1b G A 6: 132,289,657 (GRCm39) P56S unknown Het
Rtn4ip1 T A 10: 43,785,893 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Scarb1 A C 5: 125,364,475 (GRCm39) C85G probably damaging Het
Sh2d4b A G 14: 40,594,503 (GRCm39) I159T probably damaging Het
Skic3 T G 13: 76,278,338 (GRCm39) L551V probably damaging Het
Sntg1 C T 1: 8,853,125 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Sos1 G A 17: 80,731,610 (GRCm39) T630I probably damaging Het
Spata7 T A 12: 98,635,732 (GRCm39) D517E probably damaging Het
Tcaf1 T C 6: 42,655,993 (GRCm39) T328A probably benign Het
Ticrr T C 7: 79,331,817 (GRCm39) L776S probably damaging Het
Trpc2 T A 7: 101,742,781 (GRCm39) M597K probably damaging Het
Tubb3 C A 8: 124,148,003 (GRCm39) T312N probably damaging Het
Ubr4 G A 4: 139,120,405 (GRCm39) V277M probably damaging Het
Uhrf2 G A 19: 30,057,261 (GRCm39) R473Q probably damaging Het
Vmn2r43 T A 7: 8,258,319 (GRCm39) H298L 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
R3724:Epha4 UTSW 1 77,403,180 (GRCm39) splice site probably benign
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
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'- TCCTTCAAACAGCACAAGGG -3'
(R):5'- AGACTCCTCCCTAGCTAGAGTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CTTCAAACAGCACAAGGGTTTCTAAG -3'
(R):5'- GAGTCTCCTCCCTCTCCTAGCTAAAG -3'
Posted On 2015-04-17