Incidental Mutation 'R9690:Epha8'
ID 729098
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 # R9690 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
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: 100.0%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.1%
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: 43 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
AI182371 T A 2: 34,990,600 (GRCm39) E22D probably benign Het
Apbb2 C T 5: 66,609,521 (GRCm39) R42H probably damaging Het
Atf2 A T 2: 73,675,813 (GRCm39) S179R probably benign Het
Cage1 A G 13: 38,203,141 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ccdc121rt3 T C 5: 112,503,300 (GRCm39) T135A probably benign Het
Cnnm1 A G 19: 43,460,345 (GRCm39) T696A probably benign Het
Cyp4f17 T A 17: 32,725,950 (GRCm39) S28T probably benign Het
Ddx59 T A 1: 136,352,540 (GRCm39) I327K probably damaging Het
Ep300 A C 15: 81,520,396 (GRCm39) Q1229P unknown Het
Epb41l1 A T 2: 156,356,038 (GRCm39) I525F probably damaging Het
Fam83b A G 9: 76,398,502 (GRCm39) I867T probably benign Het
Gapvd1 C T 2: 34,618,492 (GRCm39) V294I probably damaging Het
Gm5798 T G 14: 41,070,596 (GRCm39) F2C probably damaging Het
Grip1 G A 10: 119,874,569 (GRCm39) E778K possibly damaging Het
Irgq G T 7: 24,233,580 (GRCm39) A474S probably benign Het
Itih3 T C 14: 30,640,264 (GRCm39) K348R probably benign Het
Kcnip4 T A 5: 48,555,846 (GRCm39) N154I probably damaging Het
Letm2 T A 8: 26,077,435 (GRCm39) K218N probably damaging Het
Mak16 T C 8: 31,650,798 (GRCm39) S231G probably damaging Het
Med13 A T 11: 86,169,670 (GRCm39) I1898K probably damaging Het
Mtcl2 A T 2: 156,862,134 (GRCm39) D1598E probably benign Het
Myh13 C T 11: 67,249,194 (GRCm39) L1305F probably damaging Het
Nynrin T C 14: 56,108,204 (GRCm39) Y1104H probably benign Het
Olfm3 A T 3: 114,890,593 (GRCm39) L115F probably benign Het
Olfm3 A T 3: 114,890,594 (GRCm39) K116* probably null Het
Or1j11 T A 2: 36,311,530 (GRCm39) L40Q probably damaging Het
Or4k35 C T 2: 111,099,822 (GRCm39) A297T probably damaging Het
Or5w22 C A 2: 87,362,759 (GRCm39) N127K probably benign Het
Or8b3b C A 9: 38,584,477 (GRCm39) E88* probably null Het
Pals1 T A 12: 78,866,117 (GRCm39) V314D probably damaging Het
Proc C T 18: 32,256,371 (GRCm39) G432D probably damaging Het
Ptpn20 T C 14: 33,353,176 (GRCm39) V305A probably benign Het
Rmnd5b T C 11: 51,518,511 (GRCm39) M122V probably benign Het
Sema4f A T 6: 82,912,652 (GRCm39) N130K probably damaging Het
Sipa1l2 T C 8: 126,218,996 (GRCm39) I114V probably benign Het
Spata16 A T 3: 26,967,432 (GRCm39) D394V probably damaging Het
Spidr T C 16: 15,958,649 (GRCm39) T38A probably damaging Het
Tnxb T C 17: 34,936,171 (GRCm39) Y2703H probably damaging Het
Trmt11 A C 10: 30,436,938 (GRCm39) D267E probably damaging Het
Tspyl5 C A 15: 33,687,433 (GRCm39) A171S probably benign Het
Uchl5 T C 1: 143,670,016 (GRCm39) V83A Het
Vmn1r87 A G 7: 12,866,263 (GRCm39) I8T probably benign Het
Vmn2r53 A G 7: 12,315,912 (GRCm39) S636P probably damaging 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
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
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'- AACTGATGACTGCCTCTGTGTTC -3'
(R):5'- TCACCTACAACGCAGTGTGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CAGACTGAGTTCTGCTTTCCTATAGG -3'
(R):5'- AGTGGAACTCGCTTCGT -3'
Posted On 2022-10-06