EphB1/2 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

Ephrin receptors and their ligands, the ephrins, mediate numerous developmental processes, particularly in the nervous system. 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 divided into 2 groups based on the similarity of their extracellular domain sequences and their affinities for binding ephrin-A and ephrin-B ligands. Ephrin receptors make up the largest subgroup of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family. The protein encoded by this gene is a receptor for ephrin-B family members. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

EphB1: a receptor tyrosine kinase of the Eph family. Receptor for members of the ephrin-B family: ephrin-B1, -B2 and -B3. The Eph receptor tyrosine kinase family, the largest in the tyrosine kinase group, has fourteen members. They bind membrane-anchored ligands, ephrins, at sites of cell-cell contact, regulating the repulsion and adhesion of cells that underlie the establishment, maintenance, and remodeling of patterns of cellular organization. Eph signals are particularly important in regulating cell adhesion and cell migration during development, axon guidance, homeostasis and disease. EphA receptors bind to GPI-anchored ephrin-A ligands, while EphB receptors bind to ephrin-B proteins that have a transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain. Interactions between EphB receptor kinases and ephrin-B proteins transduce signals bidirectionally, signaling to both interacting cell types. Eph receptors and ephrins also regulate the adhesion of endothelial cells and are required for the remodeling of blood vessels. The ligand-activated form of EphB1 interacts with GRB2, GRB10 and NCK through their respective SH2 domains. Four alternatively spliced isoforms are known.

Protein type: Protein kinase, tyrosine (receptor); Kinase, protein; Protein kinase, TK; Membrane protein, integral; EC 2.7.10.1; TK group; Eph family

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 3q21-q23

Cellular Component: early endosome membrane; integral to plasma membrane; axon; dendrite; extracellular region; plasma membrane; cytosol; lipid raft

Molecular Function: protein binding; transmembrane-ephrin receptor activity; axon guidance receptor activity; ATP binding

Biological Process: positive regulation of synaptogenesis; axon guidance; camera-type eye morphogenesis; peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation; neurogenesis; establishment of cell polarity; protein amino acid autophosphorylation; ephrin receptor signaling pathway; central nervous system projection neuron axonogenesis; angiogenesis; optic nerve morphogenesis; detection of temperature stimulus involved in sensory perception of pain; regulation of JNK cascade; cell-substrate adhesion; retinal ganglion cell axon guidance