ATOH8
atonal bHLH transcription factor 8 | FLJ14708, HATH6, bHLHa21

Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity and E-box binding activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction; positive regulation of endothelial cell differentiation; and regulation of gene expression. Located in nucleoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Biological processes 35 terms
DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0140297)E-box binding (GO:0070888)E-box binding (GO:0070888)anatomical structure morphogenesis (GO:0009653)chromatin (GO:0000785)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)formation of primary germ layer (GO:0001704)formation of primary germ layer (GO:0001704)myoblast proliferation (GO:0051450)myoblast proliferation (GO:0051450)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation (GO:0001937)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)nuclear speck (GO:0016607)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction (GO:0060391)positive regulation of endothelial cell differentiation (GO:0045603)positive regulation of endothelial cell differentiation (GO:0045603)positive regulation of endothelial cell migration (GO:0010595)positive regulation of miRNA transcription (GO:1902895)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein dimerization activity (GO:0046983)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)tube formation (GO:0035148)
Expression (TPM)
ATOH8 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating ATOH8 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for ATOH8. 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 = ATOH8 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 ATOH8

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of ATOH8, 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
chr2:85,750,589–85,750,950 3.0 kb Proximal (<10kb) 237
chr2:85,753,145–85,755,032 at TSS At TSS 527
chr2:85,761,127–85,761,940 7.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 177

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the ATOH8 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.

chr2:85,740,589 – 85,771,940
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq