ATF7
activating transcription factor 7 | ATFA

Enables several functions, including DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; mitogen-activated protein kinase binding activity; and transcription coactivator binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in nucleoplasm. Part of RNA polymerase II transcription regulator complex. Biomarker of colorectal cancer. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Member of: DE-3 Developmental clusters: GC1
Biological processes 26 terms
Expression (TPM)
ATF7 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating ATF7 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for ATF7. 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 = ATF7 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 ATF7

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of ATF7, 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
chr12:53,344,427–53,345,660 281.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 645
chr12:53,370,910–53,371,893 255.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 861
chr12:53,378,839–53,381,297 245.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 895
chr12:53,381,689–53,382,262 244.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 264
chr12:53,421,253–53,422,044 204.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 431
chr12:53,440,979–53,441,838 184.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 779
chr12:53,451,563–53,453,067 174.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 999
chr12:53,492,147–53,494,149 133.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 702
chr12:53,498,714–53,500,111 126.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 454
chr12:53,500,242–53,501,839 125.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1010
chr12:53,625,664–53,626,787 185 bp At TSS Multiome 880
chr12:53,675,553–53,677,839 49.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1104
chr12:53,696,162–53,696,648 70.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 228
chr12:53,727,002–53,728,055 101.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 768
chr12:53,738,393–53,738,964 112.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 131
chr12:53,746,454–53,746,954 120.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 503
chr12:53,756,873–53,757,721 131.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 367

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the ATF7 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.

chr12:53,334,427 – 53,767,721
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq