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==CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE LIGAND-BINDING DOMAIN OF THE EPHB2 RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1nuk]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus_musculus Mus musculus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1NUK OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1NUK FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.9&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1nuk FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1nuk OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1nuk PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1nuk RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1nuk PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1nuk ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/EPHB2_MOUSE EPHB2_MOUSE] Receptor tyrosine kinase which binds promiscuously transmembrane ephrin-B family ligands residing on adjacent cells, leading to contact-dependent bidirectional signaling into neighboring cells. The signaling pathway downstream of the receptor is referred to as forward signaling while the signaling pathway downstream of the ephrin ligand is referred to as reverse signaling. Functions in axon guidance during development. Involved in the guidance of commissural axons, that form a major interhemispheric connection between the 2 temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex. Also involved in guidance of contralateral inner ear efferent growth cones at the midline and of retinal ganglion cell axons to the optic disk. Beside axon guidance, also regulates dendritic spines development and maturation and stimulates the formation of excitatory synapses. Upon activation by EFNB1, abolishes the ARHGEF15-mediated negative regulation on excitatory synapse formation. Controls other aspects of development including angiogenesis, palate development and in inner ear development through regulation of endolymph production. Forward and reverse signaling through the EFNB2/EPHB2 complex regulate movement and adhesion of cells that tubularize the urethra and septate the cloaca. May function as a tumor suppressor.<ref>PMID:8689685</ref> <ref>PMID:8947026</ref> <ref>PMID:9990854</ref> <ref>PMID:10839360</ref> <ref>PMID:14691139</ref> <ref>PMID:15223334</ref> <ref>PMID:21029865</ref> 
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The Eph receptors, which bind a group of cell-membrane-anchored ligands known as ephrins, represent the largest subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). They are predominantly expressed in the developing and adult nervous system and are important in contact-mediated axon guidance, axon fasciculation and cell migration. Eph receptors are unique among other RTKs in that they fall into two subclasses with distinct ligand specificities, and in that they can themselves function as ligands to activate bidirectional cell-cell signalling. We report here the crystal structure at 2.9 A resolution of the amino-terminal ligand-binding domain of the EphB2 receptor (also known as Nuk). The domain folds into a compact jellyroll beta-sandwich composed of 11 antiparallel beta-strands. Using structure-based mutagenesis, we have identified an extended loop that is important for ligand binding and class specificity. This loop, which is conserved within but not between Eph RTK subclasses, packs against the concave beta-sandwich surface near positions at which missense mutations cause signalling defects, localizing the ligand-binding region on the surface of the receptor.

Crystal structure of the ligand-binding domain of the receptor tyrosine kinase EphB2.,Himanen JP, Henkemeyer M, Nikolov DB Nature. 1998 Dec 3;396(6710):486-91. PMID:9853759<ref>PMID:9853759</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Mus musculus]]
[[Category: Henkemeyer M]]
[[Category: Himanen J-P]]
[[Category: Nikolov DB]]