Catalytic domain of the Protein Tyrosine Kinase, Ephrin Receptor A10
PTKs catalyze the transfer of the gamma-phosphoryl group from ATP to tyrosine (tyr) residues in protein substrates. EphA10, which contains an inactive tyr kinase domain, may function to attenuate signals of co-clustered active receptors. EphA10 is mainly expressed in the testis. Ephrin/EphR interaction 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. EphRs comprise the largest subfamily of receptor tyr kinases (RTKs). In general, 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). The EphA10 subfamily is part of a larger superfamily that includes the catalytic domains of other kinases such as serine/threonine kinases, RIO kinases, aminoglycoside phosphotransferase, choline kinase, and phosphoinositide 3-kinase.
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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