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EPHA2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18250395

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
human chromosome 1[13]
Cytogenetic location
1p36.13[18]
Encodes
EPH receptor A2[11]
Expressed in
mucosa of pharynx, olfactory zone of nasal mucosa, vagina, gallbladder, skin of abdomen, cervix epithelium, buccal mucosa cell, skin of leg, cartilage tissue, salivary gland[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[12]
Genetic association
cataract 6 multiple types, early-onset posterior polar cataract, cataract 44[14][15][16]
Genomic end
16482582, 16156069[6][7]
Genomic start
16124337, 16450832[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
20929[3]
Ortholog
Epha2, Epha2, epha2a, epha2b[8][9][10]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en ARCC2 en AW545284 en CTPA en CTPP1 en CTRCT6 en Eck en ECK en Epha2 en EPHA2 en EPH receptor A2 en Myk2 en Sek-2 en Sek2
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C150582083
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein EPHA2 PDB 1mqb.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000142627
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000358432, ENST00000461614, ENST00000462805, ENST00000480202
Entrez Gene ID
1969
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03gtjqf
HGNC ID
3386
HGNC gene symbol
EPHA2
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
150582083
OMIM ID
176946
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_004431, XM_017000537, NM_001329090, XM_047448259, XM_047448267, XM_047448272
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UMLS CUI
C1333337

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 3
vagina, gallbladder, salivary gland
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 1
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

EPHA2 is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Orthologous MAtrix. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens
    Chromosome → human chromosome 1
    Subclass of → protein-coding gene
    Encodes → EPH receptor A2
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32570: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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