Catalytic domain of the Protein Tyrosine Kinase, Ephrin Receptor A2
PTKs catalyze the transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP to tyrosine (tyr) residues in protein substrates. The EphA2 receptor is overexpressed in tumor cells and tumor blood vessels in a variety of cancers including breast, prostate, lung, and colon. As a result, it is an attractive target for drug design since its inhibition could affect several aspects of tumor progression. EphRs comprise the largest subfamily of receptor PTKs (RTKs). Class EphA receptors bind GPI-anchored ephrin-A ligands. There are ten vertebrate EphA receptors (EphA1-10), which display promiscuous interactions with six ephrin-A ligands. EphRs contain an ephrin binding domain and two fibronectin repeats extracellularly, a transmembrane segment, and a cytoplasmic tyr kinase domain. Binding of the ephrin ligand to EphR requires cell-cell contact since both are anchored to the plasma membrane. The resulting downstream signals occur bidirectionally in both EphR-expressing cells (forward signaling) and ephrin-expressing cells (reverse signaling). Ephrin/EphR interaction mainly results in cell-cell repulsion or adhesion, making it important in neural development and plasticity, cell morphogenesis, cell-fate determination, embryonic development, tissue patterning, and angiogenesis. The EphA2 subfamily is part of a larger superfamily that includes the catalytic domains of other kinases such as protein serine/threonine kinases, RIO kinases, and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K).
Comment:includes ATP binding and substrate binding sites
Comment:Based on the structures of other PTK family members bound to substrate peptides and ATP analogs, and the structures of Eph receptors bound with ATP analogs.
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