EFNA5 ephrin A5
Gene ID: 1946, updated on 19-Sep-2024Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: AF1; EFL5; RAGS; EPLG7; GLC1M; LERK7
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Summary
Ephrin-A5, a member of the ephrin gene family, prevents axon bundling in cocultures of cortical neurons with astrocytes, a model of late stage nervous system development and differentiation. The EPH and EPH-related receptors comprise the largest subfamily of receptor protein-tyrosine kinases and have been implicated in mediating developmental events, particularly in the nervous system. EPH receptors typically have a single kinase domain and an extracellular region containing a Cys-rich domain and 2 fibronectin type III repeats. The ephrin ligands and receptors have been named by the Eph Nomenclature Committee (1997). Based on their structures and sequence relationships, ephrins are divided into the ephrin-A (EFNA) class, which are anchored to the membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol linkage, and the ephrin-B (EFNB) class, which are transmembrane proteins. The Eph family of receptors are similarly divided into 2 groups based on the similarity of their extracellular domain sequences and their affinities for binding ephrin-A and ephrin-B ligands. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Associated conditions
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| Description | Tests |
|---|---|
| A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel loci associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. GeneReviews: Not available | |
| APOE and BCHE as modulators of cerebral amyloid deposition: a florbetapir PET genome-wide association study. GeneReviews: Not available | |
| Hippocampal atrophy as a quantitative trait in a genome-wide association study identifying novel susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease. GeneReviews: Not available |
Genomic context
- Location:
- 5q21.3
- Sequence:
- Chromosome: 5; NC_000005.10 (107376894..107670937, complement)
- Total number of exons:
- 6
Variation
| Resource | Links for this gene |
|---|---|
| ClinVar | Variants reported to ClinVar |
| dbVar | Studies and variants |
| SNP | Variation Viewer for EFNA5 variants |
| Genome viewer | Explore NCBI-annotated and select non-NCBI annotated genome assemblies |
- ClinVarRelated medical variations
- dbVarLink from Gene to dbVar
- OMIMLink to related OMIM entry
- PubMed (OMIM)Gene links to PubMed derived from omim_pubmed_cited links
- RefSeq RNAsLink to Nucleotide RefSeq RNAs
- Variation ViewerRelated Variants
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