EPHA2
EPH receptor A2
Tier: Gold Standard Ciliary Genes
- Ensembl:
- ENSG00000142627
- UniProt:
- P29317
- OMIM:
- 176946
- Synonyms:
- ECK
Ciliogenesis screen results (4 screens)
- Kim2016: No effect
- Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: Ciliogenesis Defect (z=-2.74) PMID:26167766
- Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
- Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: Hyper-ciliogenesis (robust z=2.68, ciliated=58.2%) PMID:26595381
Phenotypes
- Mouse phenotype:
- abnormal lymph node morphology, enlarged lymph nodes, developmental dysplasia
- Human ciliopathy phenotype:
- Total congenital cataract; Posterior polar cataract; early-onset non-syndromic cataract
Subcellular localization
cilia
Functional category
- Ciliary assembly/disassembly
- Trafficking (BBSome, small GTPases, vesicular transport, ATPases)
- Actin & cytoskeleton regulation
- Viral interactions
- Cell migration & adhesion
- Signaling (Hedgehog, GPCRs, ion channels)
Function
EphA2 showed stronger staining on the apical membrane of both the ciliated cells and the secretory cells as well as the cilia (30176889).