EPHA4
EPH receptor A4 | Hek8, TYRO1

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]

Member of: DE-8 DE-8.13 Developmental clusters: GC2
Biological processes 113 terms
ATP binding (GO:0005524)DH domain binding (GO:0097161)GPI-linked ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005004)GPI-linked ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005004)PH domain binding (GO:0042731)Schaffer collateral - CA1 synapse (GO:0098685)adherens junction (GO:0005912)adherens junction organization (GO:0034332)amyloid-beta binding (GO:0001540)axon (GO:0030424)axon (GO:0030424)axon guidance (GO:0007411)axon terminus (GO:0043679)axonal growth cone (GO:0044295)cell body (GO:0044297)cell surface (GO:0009986)cell surface receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway (GO:0007169)cellular response to amyloid-beta (GO:1904646)cellular response to amyloid-beta (GO:1904646)cochlea development (GO:0090102)corticospinal tract morphogenesis (GO:0021957)corticospinal tract morphogenesis (GO:0021957)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)dendrite (GO:0030425)dendrite (GO:0030425)dendrite (GO:0030425)dendritic shaft (GO:0043198)dendritic shaft (GO:0043198)dendritic spine (GO:0043197)dendritic spine (GO:0043197)early endosome (GO:0005769)early endosome membrane (GO:0031901)early endosome membrane (GO:0031901)ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005003)ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005003)ephrin receptor binding (GO:0046875)ephrin receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048013)ephrin receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048013)ephrin receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048013)ephrin receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048013)ephrin receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048013)fasciculation of motor neuron axon (GO:0097156)fasciculation of motor neuron axon (GO:0097156)fasciculation of sensory neuron axon (GO:0097155)fasciculation of sensory neuron axon (GO:0097155)filopodium (GO:0030175)glial cell migration (GO:0008347)glutamatergic synapse (GO:0098978)identical protein binding (GO:0042802)kinase activity (GO:0016301)membrane (GO:0016020)mitochondrial outer membrane (GO:0005741)motor neuron axon guidance (GO:0008045)motor neuron axon guidance (GO:0008045)negative regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade (GO:0070373)negative regulation of axon regeneration (GO:0048681)negative regulation of axon regeneration (GO:0048681)negative regulation of cell adhesion (GO:0007162)negative regulation of cell migration (GO:0030336)negative regulation of cellular response to hypoxia (GO:1900038)negative regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (GO:0010719)negative regulation of long-term synaptic potentiation (GO:1900272)negative regulation of long-term synaptic potentiation (GO:1900272)negative regulation of neuron projection development (GO:0010977)negative regulation of neuron projection development (GO:0010977)negative regulation of translation (GO:0017148)neuromuscular junction (GO:0031594)neuron projection fasciculation (GO:0106030)neuron projection fasciculation (GO:0106030)neuron projection guidance (GO:0097485)neuron projection guidance (GO:0097485)perikaryon (GO:0043204)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)positive regulation of JNK cascade (GO:0046330)positive regulation of amyloid precursor protein catabolic process (GO:1902993)positive regulation of amyloid-beta formation (GO:1902004)positive regulation of cell adhesion (GO:0045785)positive regulation of cell migration (GO:0030335)positive regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008284)positive regulation of dendrite morphogenesis (GO:0050775)positive regulation of intracellular signal transduction (GO:1902533)positive regulation of intracellular signal transduction (GO:1902533)positive regulation of leukocyte adhesion to arterial endothelial cell (GO:1904999)postsynaptic density (GO:0014069)postsynaptic density membrane (GO:0098839)postsynaptic membrane (GO:0045211)presynaptic membrane (GO:0042734)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein kinase activity (GO:0004672)protein stabilization (GO:0050821)protein tyrosine kinase activity (GO:0004713)protein tyrosine kinase activity (GO:0004713)protein tyrosine kinase binding (GO:1990782)regulation of GTPase activity (GO:0043087)regulation of astrocyte differentiation (GO:0048710)regulation of astrocyte differentiation (GO:0048710)regulation of axonogenesis (GO:0050770)regulation of axonogenesis (GO:0050770)regulation of dendritic spine morphogenesis (GO:0061001)regulation of dendritic spine morphogenesis (GO:0061001)regulation of modification of synaptic structure (GO:1905244)regulation of modification of synaptic structure (GO:1905244)regulation of synapse pruning (GO:1905806)synapse pruning (GO:0098883)transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity (GO:0004714)transmembrane-ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005005)transmembrane-ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005005)transmembrane-ephrin receptor activity (GO:0005005)
Expression (TPM)
EPHA4 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating EPHA4 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for EPHA4. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = EPHA4 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to EPHA4

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of EPHA4, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr2:219,642,343–219,643,046 1929.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 686
chr2:219,916,235–219,917,518 1655.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 79
chr2:221,388,384–221,389,191 183.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 51
chr2:221,478,281–221,479,565 93.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 273
chr2:221,495,289–221,496,920 76.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 112
chr2:221,569,397–221,570,767 1.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) 188
chr2:221,571,229–221,574,291 60 bp At TSS Multiome 755
chr2:221,576,514–221,576,980 4.2 kb Proximal (<10kb) 103
chr2:221,792,838–221,793,893 221.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 163
chr2:221,931,292–221,931,996 359.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 67

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the EPHA4 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr2:219,632,343 – 221,941,996
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq