BCL6
BCL6 transcription repressor | BCL5, BCL6A, LAZ3, ZBTB27, ZNF51

The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcription factor and contains an N-terminal POZ domain. This protein acts as a sequence-specific repressor of transcription, and has been shown to modulate the transcription of STAT-dependent IL-4 responses of B cells. This protein can interact with a variety of POZ-containing proteins that function as transcription corepressors. This gene is found to be frequently translocated and hypermutated in diffuse large-cell lymphoma (DLCL), and may be involved in the pathogenesis of DLCL. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different protein isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2015]

Biological processes 50 terms
DNA damage response (GO:0006974)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0140297)DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)chromatin DNA binding (GO:0031490)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)identical protein binding (GO:0042802)intronic transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0001161)negative regulation of B cell apoptotic process (GO:0002903)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of cell growth (GO:0030308)negative regulation of mitotic cell cycle DNA replication (GO:1903464)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)paraspeckles (GO:0042382)positive regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043065)positive regulation of cell differentiation (GO:0045597)positive regulation of lymphocyte activation (GO:0051251)positive regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation (GO:0045591)protein binding (GO:0005515)regulation of T cell differentiation (GO:0045580)regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0042981)regulation of cell differentiation (GO:0045595)regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0042127)regulation of cytokine production (GO:0001817)regulation of germinal center formation (GO:0002634)regulation of immune response (GO:0050776)regulation of immune system process (GO:0002682)regulation of inflammatory response (GO:0050727)regulation of leukocyte cell-cell adhesion (GO:1903037)replication fork (GO:0005657)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)transcription corepressor binding (GO:0001222)type 2 immune response (GO:0042092)
Expression (TPM)
BCL6 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating BCL6 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for BCL6. 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 = BCL6 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 BCL6

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of BCL6, 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
chr3:187,618,216–187,619,458 126.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 215
chr3:187,669,713–187,670,445 75.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 705
chr3:187,737,384–187,742,012 6.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 974
chr3:187,742,125–187,742,331 3.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 300
chr3:187,743,635–187,744,497 939 bp At TSS 309
chr3:187,744,634–187,746,096 186 bp At TSS Multiome 917
chr3:187,746,753–187,746,900 1.3 kb Proximal (<10kb) 73
chr3:187,748,044–187,748,506 2.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) 475
chr3:187,750,052–187,750,795 4.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 613
chr3:187,989,510–187,990,198 244.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 260
chr3:188,152,533–188,155,009 408.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 878
chr3:188,947,146–188,948,983 1202.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 630

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the BCL6 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.

chr3:187,608,216 – 188,958,983
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq