Incidental Mutation 'R3441:Epha4'
ID 267364
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 040659-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably essential (E-score: 0.950) question?
Stock # R3441 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 1
Chromosomal Location 77343822-77491725 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 77403333 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Asparagine to Lysine at position 95 (N95K)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000140370 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000027451] [ENSMUST00000186930] [ENSMUST00000188797] [ENSMUST00000188952] [ENSMUST00000190149]
AlphaFold Q03137
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000027451
AA Change: N391K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.055 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.84)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000027451
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: N391K

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 possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000186930
AA Change: N95K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.899 (Sensitivity: 0.82; Specificity: 0.94)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140370
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: N95K

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 19 N/A INTRINSIC
FN3 33 124 9.6e-11 SMART
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000188797
AA Change: N391K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.055 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.84)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000140954
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: N391K

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
AA Change: N391K

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.055 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.84)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000139640
Gene: ENSMUSG00000026235
AA Change: N391K

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 0.1795 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.4%
  • 20x: 95.4%
Validation Efficiency 97% (34/35)
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: 33 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Adam3 T C 8: 25,170,759 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Ap5b1 A G 19: 5,620,011 (GRCm39) H477R probably benign Het
Asz1 A C 6: 18,108,405 (GRCm39) S68A probably benign Het
Atp4a G A 7: 30,419,650 (GRCm39) R671Q probably benign Het
Btnl6 T C 17: 34,727,292 (GRCm39) K413E probably benign Het
Cav3 G A 6: 112,449,402 (GRCm39) C140Y possibly damaging Het
Cdh15 G A 8: 123,588,763 (GRCm39) R279Q probably damaging Het
Cfap91 T C 16: 38,154,168 (GRCm39) M126V probably benign Het
Clrn3 A C 7: 135,115,854 (GRCm39) Y165* probably null Het
Cp A T 3: 20,029,121 (GRCm39) M533L probably benign Het
Cyba C T 8: 123,151,803 (GRCm39) W103* probably null Het
Fsip2 A G 2: 82,817,071 (GRCm39) N4268S probably benign Het
Glb1l2 C T 9: 26,692,038 (GRCm39) A74T probably damaging Het
Gtf3c6 T A 10: 40,127,169 (GRCm39) E123V probably null Het
Htr3b T C 9: 48,856,815 (GRCm39) D221G probably benign Het
Hyal6 C T 6: 24,734,592 (GRCm39) A175V probably benign Het
Kif1a C T 1: 92,964,575 (GRCm39) D1334N possibly damaging Het
Krtap24-1 T C 16: 88,408,713 (GRCm39) T138A probably damaging Het
Mrc2 A T 11: 105,238,542 (GRCm39) T1230S possibly damaging Het
Mx1 T A 16: 97,257,431 (GRCm39) I109F probably damaging Het
Nav3 A G 10: 109,540,789 (GRCm39) F1947S probably benign Het
Or12e1 A G 2: 87,022,162 (GRCm39) I44V probably benign Het
Or6k2 A T 1: 173,986,746 (GRCm39) M136L probably benign Het
Plxnc1 G A 10: 94,706,872 (GRCm39) T555I probably benign Het
Rab21 CCCGCCGCCGCCGCCGCC CCCGCCGCCGCCGCC 10: 115,151,214 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Rag2 T A 2: 101,460,645 (GRCm39) F318L probably damaging Het
Scgb2b24 G T 7: 33,438,025 (GRCm39) F27L probably damaging Het
Tchh A T 3: 93,352,414 (GRCm39) D618V unknown Het
Teddm1b A G 1: 153,751,007 (GRCm39) E272G probably benign Het
Tenm4 A T 7: 96,202,723 (GRCm39) M88L probably benign Het
Tfpi2 A T 6: 3,965,504 (GRCm39) Y103N probably benign Het
Tmem98 A G 11: 80,705,125 (GRCm39) N71S probably damaging Het
Vmn1r181 A G 7: 23,684,308 (GRCm39) I258V 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
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
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'- AGCACCTATGACTTTCTCCAG -3'
(R):5'- GGGGTCCAAAAGGATCTCAG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TGACTTTCTCCAGAAACACTCAGAG -3'
(R):5'- GGTCCAAAAGGATCTCAGTCCTTG -3'
Posted On 2015-02-18