ESR2
estrogen receptor 2 | ER-beta, Erb, NR3A2

This gene encodes a member of the family of estrogen receptors and superfamily of nuclear receptor transcription factors. The gene product contains an N-terminal DNA binding domain and C-terminal ligand binding domain and is localized to the nucleus, cytoplasm, and mitochondria. Upon binding to 17beta-estradiol or related ligands, the encoded protein forms homo- or hetero-dimers that interact with specific DNA sequences to activate transcription. Some isoforms dominantly inhibit the activity of other estrogen receptor family members. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been fully characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-6
Biological processes 51 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA-binding transcription factor activity (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)cell-cell signaling (GO:0007267)cellular response to estradiol stimulus (GO:0071392)cellular response to estradiol stimulus (GO:0071392)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)enzyme binding (GO:0019899)estrogen receptor signaling pathway (GO:0030520)estrogen receptor signaling pathway (GO:0030520)estrogen receptor signaling pathway (GO:0030520)estrogen receptor signaling pathway (GO:0030520)estrogen response element binding (GO:0034056)estrogen response element binding (GO:0034056)estrogen response element binding (GO:0034056)mitochondrion (GO:0005739)negative regulation of cell growth (GO:0030308)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nuclear estrogen receptor activity (GO:0030284)nuclear estrogen receptor activity (GO:0030284)nuclear estrogen receptor activity (GO:0030284)nuclear estrogen receptor activity (GO:0030284)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nuclear receptor activity (GO:0004879)nuclear steroid receptor activity (GO:0003707)nuclear steroid receptor activity (GO:0003707)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)protein binding (GO:0005515)receptor antagonist activity (GO:0048019)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)signal transduction (GO:0007165)steroid binding (GO:0005496)steroid binding (GO:0005496)steroid binding (GO:0005496)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
ESR2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating ESR2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for ESR2. 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 = ESR2 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 ESR2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of ESR2, 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
chr14:64,060,545–64,061,040 233.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 204
chr14:64,186,206–64,187,022 107.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 106
chr14:64,293,957–64,295,260 551 bp At TSS Multiome 474
chr14:64,303,449–64,303,757 9.0 kb Proximal (<10kb) 137
chr14:64,337,827–64,339,391 44.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 825
chr14:64,387,230–64,388,939 93.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 902
chr14:64,391,271–64,391,891 97.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 182
chr14:64,465,087–64,466,161 171.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 490
chr14:64,502,980–64,505,716 209.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1045
chr14:64,508,924–64,509,409 214.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 117
chr14:64,539,520–64,541,644 246.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 722
chr14:64,549,785–64,550,422 255.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 234

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the ESR2 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.

chr14:64,050,545 – 64,560,422
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq