DGAT2
diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2

This gene encodes one of two enzymes which catalyzes the final reaction in the synthesis of triglycerides in which diacylglycerol is covalently bound to long chain fatty acyl-CoAs. The encoded protein catalyzes this reaction at low concentrations of magnesium chloride while the other enzyme has high activity at high concentrations of magnesium chloride. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]

Member of: DE-7 DE-7.1
Biological processes 63 terms
2-acylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity (GO:0003846)O-acyltransferase activity (GO:0008374)cellular response to oleic acid (GO:0071400)cellular response to oleic acid (GO:0071400)cholesterol homeostasis (GO:0042632)cholesterol homeostasis (GO:0042632)diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity (GO:0004144)diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity (GO:0004144)diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity (GO:0004144)diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase activity (GO:0004144)diacylglycerol biosynthetic process (GO:0006651)diacylglycerol biosynthetic process (GO:0006651)diacylglycerol metabolic process (GO:0046339)diacylglycerol metabolic process (GO:0046339)diacylglycerol metabolic process (GO:0046339)endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0005789)fat pad development (GO:0060613)fat pad development (GO:0060613)fatty acid homeostasis (GO:0055089)fatty acid homeostasis (GO:0055089)intracellular triglyceride homeostasis (GO:0035356)intracellular triglyceride homeostasis (GO:0035356)lipid droplet (GO:0005811)lipid droplet (GO:0005811)lipid droplet (GO:0005811)lipid droplet (GO:0005811)lipid storage (GO:0019915)lipid storage (GO:0019915)long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA metabolic process (GO:0035336)long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA metabolic process (GO:0035336)low-density lipoprotein particle clearance (GO:0034383)low-density lipoprotein particle clearance (GO:0034383)membrane (GO:0016020)membrane (GO:0016020)mitochondrion (GO:0005739)mitochondrion (GO:0005739)monoacylglycerol biosynthetic process (GO:0006640)negative regulation of fatty acid oxidation (GO:0046322)perinuclear endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:1990578)perinuclear region of cytoplasm (GO:0048471)perinuclear region of cytoplasm (GO:0048471)positive regulation of gluconeogenesis (GO:0045722)positive regulation of triglyceride biosynthetic process (GO:0010867)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein homodimerization activity (GO:0042803)regulation of cholesterol metabolic process (GO:0090181)regulation of lipoprotein metabolic process (GO:0050746)regulation of plasma lipoprotein particle levels (GO:0097006)regulation of plasma lipoprotein particle levels (GO:0097006)response to nutrient (GO:0007584)retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase activity (GO:0050252)retinol metabolic process (GO:0042572)triglyceride biosynthetic process (GO:0019432)triglyceride biosynthetic process (GO:0019432)triglyceride biosynthetic process (GO:0019432)triglyceride biosynthetic process (GO:0019432)
Expression (TPM)
DGAT2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating DGAT2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for DGAT2. 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 = DGAT2 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 DGAT2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of DGAT2, 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
chr11:75,524,766–75,526,517 242.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 663
chr11:75,547,627–75,548,081 220.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 241
chr11:75,559,107–75,559,968 209.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 262
chr11:75,561,674–75,564,448 206.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 813
chr11:75,582,925–75,584,268 184.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 489
chr11:75,667,242–75,669,059 101.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 328
chr11:75,768,053–75,769,178 75 bp At TSS Multiome 885
chr11:75,775,108–75,775,370 6.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) 22
chr11:75,780,954–75,781,467 12.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 37
chr11:75,814,230–75,815,903 46.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 814
chr11:75,979,208–75,979,827 210.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 62

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the DGAT2 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.

chr11:75,514,766 – 75,989,827
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq