ACAT2
acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 2

The product of this gene is an enzyme involved in lipid metabolism, and it encodes cytosolic acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase. This gene shows complementary overlapping with the 3-prime region of the TCP1 gene in both mouse and human. These genes are encoded on opposite strands of DNA, as well as in opposite transcriptional orientation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]

Developmental clusters: GC1
Biological processes 14 terms
Expression (TPM)
ACAT2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating ACAT2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for ACAT2. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = ACAT2 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to ACAT2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of ACAT2, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr6:159,692,373–159,694,256 68.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1061
chr6:159,726,454–159,728,172 34.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1218
chr6:159,760,299–159,761,067 976 bp At TSS 177
chr6:159,761,181–159,763,111 152 bp At TSS Multiome 1026
chr6:159,788,809–159,791,272 27.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1073
chr6:159,968,449–159,970,213 206.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 961

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the ACAT2 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr6:159,682,373 – 159,980,213
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq