Receptor 4 efrinskog tipa B je protein koji je kod ljudi kodiran EPHB4genom.[1][2]
Efrinski receptori i njihovi ligandi, efrini, posreduju brojne procese razvića, posebno u nervnom sistemu. Na bazi njihovih struktura i sekvenci, efrini se dele u efrinsku klasu A (EFNA), koja se fiksira na membrani putem glikozilfosfatidilinozitolne veze, i efrinsku klasu B (EFNB), koji su transmembranski proteini. Eph familija receptora se deli u dve groupe na osnovu sličnosti njihovih sekvenci ekstracelularnog domena i njihovog afiniteta vezivanja liganda efrina A i efrina B. Efrinski receptori su najveća podgrupa receptora tirozinske kinazne (RTK) familije. Protein kodiran ovim genom je receptor za efrinske-B članove familije.[2][3]
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