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EPHB6 (EPH receptor B6)

Identity

Other namesHEP
MGC129910
MGC129911
HGNC (Hugo) EPHB6
LocusID (NCBI) 2051
Location 7q34
Location_base_pair Starts at 142552776 and ends at 142568847 bp from pter ( according to hg19-Feb_2009)  [Mapping]

DNA/RNA

Note EphB6 is located on chromosome 7q33-q35.
 
  The chromosomal location of EPHB6 is indicated at interval q33-q35. Adapted from GeneCards.
Description Size: 16056 bases.
Orientation: plus strand.
Transcription EphB6 mRNA size is 4044 bp.
Pseudogene Not reported.

Protein

Note The crystal structure of EphB6 has not yet been determined. However, based on amino acid sequence and domain arrangement it is classified as a type I transmembrane protein. It has a highly conserved N-terminal domain in the extracellular region that is involved in ligand recognition and binding (Labrador et al., 1997). The N-terminal domain is followed by a cysteine rich region and two fibronectin type-III repeats. These repeats are involved in mediating protein-protein interactions and receptor dimerization (Lackmann et al., 1998). The intracellular region contains a juxtamembrane domain, a conserved kinase domain, a sterile α-motif (SAM) domain and a PSD95/Dlg/ZO1 (PDZ) domain (Kalo and Pasquale, 1999).
 
  Schematic representation of various domains in EphB6 protein.
Description Eph (erythropoietin producing hepatocellular carcinoma) receptors belong to a family of receptor tyrosine kinases, which are activated by binding to ephrin ligands. These receptors are involved in a diverse array of signal transduction processes in humans. Such diversity of signaling and the resulting functional output is partly attributed to differential expression and interactions among these receptors. Based on sequence homology and affinity for ephrin ligands, Eph receptors are classified into A and B groups. EphB6 is a kinase-deficient receptor (Gurniak and Berg, 1996) that has been shown to interact with two kinase-active receptors, namely, EphB2 and EphA2 (Fox and Kandpal, 2011). Ephrin B2 has been reported as a ligand for this receptor (Munthe et al., 2000). The loss of EphB6 expression in breast carcinoma cell lines has been correlated to their invasiveness (Fox and Kandpal, 2004; Fox and Kandpal, 2006), and its role as a tumor suppressor has also been reported (Fox and Kandpal, 2009; Yu et al., 2010).
Expression Eph receptors are expressed in a wide variety of tissues and cells (Andres et al., 1994; Fox et al., 1995; Ciossek et al., 1995; Lickliter et al., 1996; Muñoz et al., 2002). In addition to other tissues and cells, EphB6 receptor expression has been shown in breast, prostate, thymus, mature T-cells and leukemia cells (Shimoyama et al., 2000; Luo et al., 2001; Luo et al., 2002; Fox and Kandpal, 2004; Fox et al., 2006). EphB6 deficient mice develop normally and do not display any abnormality in their general appearance (Shimoyama et al., 2002).
Localisation Cellular. EphB6 is a transmembrane protein.
Function A variety of Eph receptors and their ligands are involved in regulating cell pattern formation during organogenesis (Xu and Wilkinson, 1997; Flanagan and Vanderhaeghen, 1998; Holmberg et al., 2000; Leighton et al., 2001; Kullander et al., 2001; Gerlai, 2001). EphB6 has been shown to facilitate T-cell activation (Luo et al., 2002). Metastasis/invasion suppressor role of EphB6 in non-small cell lung carcinoma and breast carcinoma (Müller-Tidow et al., 2005; Fox and Kandpal, 2009) suggests its involvement in cell adhesion and migration.
Homology Amino acid homology between EphB6 and other EphB family members varies between 47% and 60%. Mouse and human homologs of EphB6 share greater than 90% amino acid identity (Gurniak and Berg, 1996; Matsuoka et al., 1997). The kinase domain in EphB6 is mutated.

Implicated in

Entity Non-small cell lung cancer
Note Altered levels and loss of EphB6 expression have been found in non-small cell lung carcinoma (Tang et al., 1999a; Müller-Tidow et al., 2005; Yu et al., 2010).
  
Entity Breast cancer
Note EphB6 silencing has been observed in breast carcinoma cell lines and some tumors (Fox and Kandpal, 2004; Fox and Kandpal, 2006; Fox and Kandpal, 2009; Truitt et al., 2010). Molecular profiling of breast carcinoma cells with or without EphB6 expression has revealed significant changes in proteins as well as miRNAs (Kandpal, 2010; Bhushan and Kandpal, 2011). However, elevated levels of EphB6 have also been reported in breast tumor specimens (Brantley-Sieders et al., 2011).
  
Entity Melanoma
Note The progression of melanoma to metastasis has been correlated to progressive decrease of EphB6 expression (Hafner et al., 2003).
  
Entity Neuroblastoma
Note The levels of EphB6 have been characterized as prognostic indicators in neuroblastoma (Tang et al., 1999b; Tang et al., 2000).
  
Entity Leukemia and T-cell development
Note EphB6 expression has been implicated in T-cell development, and altered levels of this protein have been observed in leukemia and lymphoma cells (Shimoyama et al., 2000).
  
Entity Colorectal and colon cancer
Note In familial colorectal cancer EphB6 gene shows two missense mutations in germline. These two mutations include change of alanine to proline at position 321 (A321P) and glycine to valine (G914V) at position 914 (Gylfe et al., 2010). Deletions of EphB6 gene locus have also been reported in colon cancer (Ashktorab et al., 2010).
  

External links

Nomenclature
HGNC (Hugo)EPHB6   3396
Cards
AtlasEPHB6ID40471ch7q34
Entrez_Gene (NCBI)EPHB6  2051  EPH receptor B6
GeneCards (Weizmann)EPHB6
Ensembl (Hinxton)ENSG00000106123 [Gene_View]  chr7:142552776-142568847 [Contig_View]  EPHB6 [Vega]
AceView (NCBI)EPHB6
Genatlas (Paris)EPHB6
WikiGenes2051
SOURCE (Princeton)NM_001280794 NM_001280795 NM_004445
Genomic and cartography
GoldenPath (UCSC)EPHB6  -  7q34   chr7:142552776-142568847 +  7q33-q35   [Description]    (hg19-Feb_2009)
EnsemblEPHB6 - 7q33-q35 [CytoView]
Mapping of homologs : NCBIEPHB6 [Mapview]
OMIM602757   
Gene and transcription
Genbank (Entrez)AL832533 BC015495 BC047892 BC051028 BC056159
RefSeq transcript (Entrez)NM_001280794 NM_001280795 NM_004445
RefSeq genomic (Entrez)AC_000068 AC_000139 NC_000007 NC_018918 NT_007914 NT_079596 NW_001839073 NW_003571040 NW_004929333
Consensus coding sequences : CCDS (NCBI)EPHB6
Cluster EST : UnigeneHs.380089 [ NCBI ]
CGAP (NCI)Hs.380089
Alternative Splicing : Fast-db (Paris)GSHG0027807
Alternative Splicing GalleryENSG00000106123
Gene ExpressionEPHB6 [ NCBI-GEO ]     EPHB6 [ SEEK ]   EPHB6 [ MEM ]
Protein : pattern, domain, 3D structure
UniProt/SwissProtO15197 (Uniprot)
NextProtO15197  [Medical]
With graphics : InterProO15197
Splice isoforms : SwissVarO15197 (Swissvar)
Domaine pattern : Prosite (Expaxy)EPH_LBD (PS51550)    FN3 (PS50853)    PROTEIN_KINASE_DOM (PS50011)    RECEPTOR_TYR_KIN_V_1 (PS00790)    RECEPTOR_TYR_KIN_V_2 (PS00791)    SAM_DOMAIN (PS50105)   
Domains : Interpro (EBI)Eph_TM    Ephrin_rcpt_lig-bd_dom    Fibronectin_type3    Galactose-bd-like    Growth_fac_rcpt_N_dom    Ig-like_fold    Kinase-like_dom    Prot_kinase_dom    SAM    SAM/pointed    SAM_2    Ser-Thr/Tyr_kinase_cat_dom    Tyr-kin_ephrin_A/B_rcpt-like    Tyr_kinase_ephrin_rcpt    Tyr_kinase_rcpt_V_CS   
Related proteins : CluSTrO15197
Domain families : Pfam (Sanger)EphA2_TM (PF14575)    Ephrin_lbd (PF01404)    fn3 (PF00041)    GCC2_GCC3 (PF07699)    Pkinase_Tyr (PF07714)    SAM_2 (PF07647)   
Domain families : Pfam (NCBI)pfam14575    pfam01404    pfam00041    pfam07699    pfam07714    pfam07647   
Domain families : Smart (EMBL)EPH_lbd (SM00615)  FN3 (SM00060)  SAM (SM00454)  
DMDM Disease mutations2051
Blocks (Seattle)O15197
Human Protein AtlasENSG00000106123
Peptide AtlasO15197
HPRD04133
IPIIPI00915412   IPI00005222   IPI00873336   IPI00477059   IPI01015948   IPI00879200   IPI00927375   IPI00927179   IPI00878566   
Protein Interaction databases
DIP (DOE-UCLA)O15197
IntAct (EBI)O15197
FunCoupENSG00000106123
BioGRIDEPHB6
InParanoidO15197
Interologous Interaction database O15197
IntegromeDBEPHB6
STRING (EMBL)EPHB6
Ontologies - Pathways
Ontology : AmiGOreceptor activity  ephrin receptor activity  ATP binding  extracellular region  integral to plasma membrane  parathyroid hormone secretion  calcium ion homeostasis  
Ontology : EGO-EBIreceptor activity  ephrin receptor activity  ATP binding  extracellular region  integral to plasma membrane  parathyroid hormone secretion  calcium ion homeostasis  
Pathways : KEGGAxon guidance   
REACTOMEEPHB6
Protein Interaction DatabaseEPHB6
Wikipedia pathwaysEPHB6
Gene fusion - rearrangments
Polymorphisms : SNP, mutations, diseases
SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (NCBI)EPHB6
SNP (GeneSNP Utah)EPHB6
SNP : HGBaseEPHB6
Genetic variants : HAPMAPEPHB6
1000_GenomesEPHB6 
ICGC programENSG00000106123 
Somatic Mutations in Cancer : COSMICEPHB6 
CONAN: Copy Number AnalysisEPHB6 
Mutations and Diseases : HGMDEPHB6
OMIM602757   
GENETestsEPHB6
Disease Genetic AssociationEPHB6
Huge Navigator EPHB6 [HugePedia]  EPHB6 [HugeCancerGEM]
Genomic VariantsEPHB6  EPHB6 [DGVbeta]
Exome VariantEPHB6
dbVarEPHB6
ClinVarEPHB6
snp3D : Map Gene to Disease2051
General knowledge
Homologs : HomoloGeneEPHB6
Homology/Alignments : Family Browser (UCSC)EPHB6
Phylogenetic Trees/Animal Genes : TreeFamEPHB6
Chemical/Protein Interactions : CTD2051
Chemical/Pharm GKB GenePA27828
Clinical trialEPHB6
Cancer Resource (Charite)ENSG00000106123
Other databases
Probes
Litterature
PubMed45 Pubmed reference(s) in Entrez
CoreMineEPHB6
iHOPEPHB6

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Written02-2012Lokesh Bhushan, Raj P Kandpal
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA

Citation

This paper should be referenced as such :
Bhushan L, Kandpal RP . EPHB6 (EPH receptor B6). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. February 2012 .
URL : http://AtlasGeneticsOncology.org/Genes/EPHB6ID40471ch7q34.html

The various updated versions of this paper are referenced and archived by INIST as such :
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