Incidental Mutation 'R9547:Epha8'
ID 720168
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Epha8
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000028661
Gene Name Eph receptor A8
Synonyms Eek, Hek3, EphA8
MMRRC Submission
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R9547 (G1)
Quality Score 208.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 4
Chromosomal Location 136656730-136684127 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) G to T at 136665897 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Leucine to Methionine at position 420 (L420M)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000030420 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000030420]
AlphaFold O09127
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000030420
AA Change: L420M

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.978 (Sensitivity: 0.76; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000030420
Gene: ENSMUSG00000028661
AA Change: L420M

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 0.1158 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.4%
  • 20x: 98.0%
Validation Efficiency
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: 59 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Aadacl2fm3 G T 3: 59,772,656 (GRCm39) M53I probably benign Het
Abtb1 C T 6: 88,815,917 (GRCm39) V185M probably damaging Het
Acod1 A T 14: 103,292,294 (GRCm39) S273C probably benign Het
Aifm3 T C 16: 17,317,604 (GRCm39) V75A probably benign Het
Anks1 T C 17: 28,270,748 (GRCm39) L845P probably damaging Het
Apc A G 18: 34,445,311 (GRCm39) K736E possibly damaging Het
Atad2 A G 15: 57,989,973 (GRCm39) S168P probably damaging Het
Cand2 G A 6: 115,759,757 (GRCm39) A143T probably benign Het
Cep290 A T 10: 100,380,841 (GRCm39) H116L probably benign Het
Chd9 G A 8: 91,683,186 (GRCm39) R542H unknown Het
Crnkl1 T C 2: 145,772,550 (GRCm39) M176V possibly damaging Het
Dnah14 A C 1: 181,420,992 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dync1h1 A G 12: 110,624,805 (GRCm39) E3744G probably damaging Het
Ednrb T C 14: 104,080,459 (GRCm39) I152V probably benign Het
Fat3 A T 9: 15,911,142 (GRCm39) I1620N possibly damaging Het
Fbxo4 G A 15: 3,998,493 (GRCm39) P322S probably damaging Het
Fbxw10 G T 11: 62,767,647 (GRCm39) V828F possibly damaging Het
Gm7579 CTGTGTG CTGTG 7: 141,765,736 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Gmip T C 8: 70,273,381 (GRCm39) S891P possibly damaging Het
Grb10 A G 11: 11,893,919 (GRCm39) I389T probably benign Het
Grip1 G A 10: 119,874,569 (GRCm39) E778K possibly damaging Het
Hhatl A G 9: 121,618,649 (GRCm39) Y118H probably damaging Het
Ighv1-69 A G 12: 115,586,885 (GRCm39) F83L possibly damaging Het
Intu G A 3: 40,608,536 (GRCm39) V183I probably benign Het
Ipo4 A G 14: 55,870,789 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Kdm4c A C 4: 74,323,104 (GRCm39) D1012A possibly damaging Het
Klrc2 C G 6: 129,633,812 (GRCm39) A188P probably benign Het
Lipc T C 9: 70,728,146 (GRCm39) D104G unknown Het
Lrrc63 A T 14: 75,344,828 (GRCm39) L420M probably damaging Het
Ly75 C A 2: 60,161,069 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mrpl50 T A 4: 49,514,338 (GRCm39) H111L probably damaging Het
Mtmr9 A G 14: 63,779,855 (GRCm39) I78T possibly damaging Het
Npepl1 A G 2: 173,962,030 (GRCm39) D304G probably null Het
Nphs1 C T 7: 30,180,875 (GRCm39) S1093F probably benign Het
Or2n1d G T 17: 38,646,341 (GRCm39) V98F possibly damaging Het
Or5k3 T C 16: 58,970,107 (GRCm39) I298T possibly damaging Het
Or8g24 G A 9: 38,989,927 (GRCm39) T38I probably damaging Het
Pcdh18 A T 3: 49,709,506 (GRCm39) I603K possibly damaging Het
Pdcd6ip A T 9: 113,484,174 (GRCm39) Y818N unknown Het
Phf10 A G 17: 15,166,459 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Phgdh A G 3: 98,241,950 (GRCm39) S55P probably damaging Het
Poll G T 19: 45,546,359 (GRCm39) P227H probably benign Het
Prdm2 A T 4: 142,861,561 (GRCm39) S576R probably damaging Het
Psg26 T C 7: 18,214,087 (GRCm39) I192V probably benign Het
Rpgrip1l T C 8: 91,977,873 (GRCm39) D1038G probably benign Het
Snx18 A G 13: 113,753,754 (GRCm39) M393T possibly damaging Het
Srsf11 A G 3: 157,717,735 (GRCm39) C448R unknown Het
Sv2c A G 13: 96,185,008 (GRCm39) I223T probably benign Het
Tbc1d1 T C 5: 64,330,950 (GRCm39) V43A possibly damaging Het
Tex21 T C 12: 76,253,591 (GRCm39) T441A probably damaging Het
Thnsl2 T A 6: 71,116,810 (GRCm39) D114V probably damaging Het
Trpm2 A G 10: 77,748,467 (GRCm39) V1401A probably benign Het
Ttll6 T C 11: 96,049,588 (GRCm39) S769P probably benign Het
Tut4 A G 4: 108,370,429 (GRCm39) D776G probably benign Het
Uba5 A G 9: 103,931,567 (GRCm39) S222P probably damaging Het
Ublcp1 T C 11: 44,347,251 (GRCm39) Y290C probably damaging Het
Vmn1r216 A T 13: 23,283,455 (GRCm39) D46V probably damaging Het
Wdr17 A T 8: 55,112,735 (GRCm39) F789I probably damaging Het
Zfp266 A G 9: 20,411,746 (GRCm39) S144P probably benign 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
R2372:Epha8 UTSW 4 136,660,321 (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
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'- TGATGACTGCCTCTGTGTTC -3'
(R):5'- ATCACCTACAACGCAGTGTGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CAGACTGAGTTCTGCTTTCCTATAGG -3'
(R):5'- AGTGGAACTCGCTTCGT -3'
Posted On 2022-07-18