Gene content    
AXL ( by HUGO)
AXL Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
Oncogene
AXL Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
UFO
AXL Oncogene
EC 2.7.10.1
JTK11
AXL Transforming Sequence/Gene
Tyrosine-Protein Kinase Receptor UFO
EC 2.7.10
NCBI: 19q13.1    Ensembl: 19q13.2
UFO_HUMANSize: 894 amino acidsMass: 98336 Da

  • Subunit: Heterodimer and heterotetramer with ligand GAS6. Interacts with CBL, GRB2, LCK, NCK2, PIK3R1, PIK3R2, PIK3R3, PLCG1, SOCS1 and TENC1. Part of a complex including AXL, TNK2 and GRB2, in which GRB2 promotes AXL recruitment by TNK2 1 PDB 3D structure from [IMAGE] and Proteopedia [IMAGE] for AXL: 2C5D (3D) [IMAGE]
  • Tissue specificity: Highly expressed in metastatic colon tumors. Expressed in primary colon tumors. Weakly expressed in normal colon tissue [IMAGE] Custom PCR Arrays for AXL Primer Products: [IMAGE] OriGene qPCR primer pairs and template standards for AXL OriGene qSTAR qPCR
  • Function:
    Receptor tyrosine kinase that transduces signals from the extracellular matrix into the cytoplasm by binding growth factor GAS6 and which is thus regulating many physiological processes including cell survival, cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. Ligand binding at the cell surface induces dimerization and autophosphorylation of AXL. Following activation by ligand, ALX binds and induces tyrosine phosphorylation of PI3-kinase subunits PIK3R1, PIK3R2 and PIK3R3; but also GRB2, PLCG1, LCK and PTPN11. Other downstream substrate candidates for AXL are CBL, NCK2, SOCS1 and TENC1. Recruitment of GRB2 and phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase regulatory subunits by AXL leads to the downstream activation of the AKT kinase. GAS6/AXL signaling plays a role in various processes such as endothelial cell survival during acidification by preventing apoptosis, optimal cytokine signaling during human natural killer cell development, hepatic regeneration, gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron survival and migration, platelet activation, or regulation of thrombotic responses. Plays also an important role in inhibition of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-mediated innate immune response. In case of filovirus infection, seems to function as a cell entry factor
                          
    Receptor tyrosine kinase that transduces signals from the extracellular matrix into the cytoplasm by binding growth factor GAS6 and which is thus regulating many physiological processes including cell survival, cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. Ligand binding at the cell surface induces dimerization and autophosphorylation of AXL. Following activation by ligand, ALX binds and induces tyrosine phosphorylation of PI3-kinase subunits PIK3R1, PIK3R2 and PIK3R3; but also GRB2, PLCG1, LCK and PTPN11. Other downstream substrate candidates for AXL are CBL, NCK2, SOCS1 and TENC1. Recruitment of GRB2 and phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase regulatory subunits by AXL leads to the downstream activation of the AKT kinase. GAS6/AXL signaling plays a role in various processes such as endothelial cell survival during acidification by preventing apoptosis, optimal cytokine signaling during human natural killer cell development, hepatic regeneration, gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron survival and migration, platelet activation, or regulation of thrombotic responses. Plays also an important role in inhibition of Toll-like receptors (TLRs)-mediated innate immune response. In case of filovirus infection, seems to function as a cell entry factor
  • Catalytic activity:
    ATP + a [protein]-L-tyrosine = ADP + a [protein]-L-tyrosine phosphate
  • Similarity:
    Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. Tyr protein kinase family. AXL/UFO subfamily
                          
    Contains 2 fibronectin type-III domains
                          
    Contains 2 Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domains
                          
    Contains 1 protein kinase domain [IMAGE]
  • Protein Domain/Family    
    Source ID Domain Name Type
    InterProIPR000719Prot_kinase_domProtein kinaseDomain
    IPR001245Ser-Thr/Tyr_kinase_cat_domTyrosine protein kinaseDomain
    IPR003599Ig_subImmunoglobulin subtypeDomain
    IPR003961Fibronectin_type3Fibronectin, type IIIDomain
    IPR007110Ig-like_domImmunoglobulin-likeDomain
    IPR008266Tyr_kinase_ASTyrosine protein kinase, active siteActive Sites
    IPR011009Kinase-like_domProtein kinase-likeDomain
    BlocksIPB003599Immunoglobulin subtypeImmunoglobulin subtype
    IPB008266Tyrosine protein kinaseTyrosine protein kinase, active site

    Gene Ontology    
    Type Term Evidence Source Pub
    Biological Process cell maturation IEP GOA 19657094
    cellular response to interferon-alpha IDA GOA 19657094
    cellular response to lipopolysaccharide IDA GOA 19657094
    negative regulation of interferon-gamma production IDA GOA 18840707
    peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation TAS GOA 1656220
    positive regulation of cytokine-mediated signaling pathway IDA GOA 18840707
    positive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation IDA GOA 18840707
    signal transduction TAS GOA 1656220
    Cellular Component cell surface IDA GOA 19581412
    integral component of plasma membrane TAS GOA 1656220
    Molecular Function protein binding IPI GOA 16362042

    Disorder & Mutation    
    Source Disease
    SWISS-PROTNote=AXL and its ligand GAS6 are highly expressed in thyroid carcinoma tissues, and might thus be involved in thyroid tumorigenesis. Overexpression of AXL and its ligand was also detected in many other cancers such as myeloproliferative disorders, prostatic carcinoma cells, or breast cancer

    AXL cross reference    
    PubMed OMIM Entrez Gene NCKU SNP Nucleotide UniProt Genome Data Viewer HomoloGene