EZH2
enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit | ENX-1, EZH1, KMT6, KMT6A

This gene encodes a member of the Polycomb-group (PcG) family. PcG family members form multimeric protein complexes, which are involved in maintaining the transcriptional repressive state of genes over successive cell generations. This protein associates with the embryonic ectoderm development protein, the VAV1 oncoprotein, and the X-linked nuclear protein. This protein may play a role in the hematopoietic and central nervous systems. Multiple alternatively splcied transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]

Member of: DE-6 DE-6.1
Biological processes 92 terms
B cell differentiation (GO:0030183)DNA binding (GO:0003677)ESC/E(Z) complex (GO:0035098)ESC/E(Z) complex (GO:0035098)ESC/E(Z) complex (GO:0035098)PcG protein complex (GO:0031519)RNA binding (GO:0003723)RNA binding (GO:0003723)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000979)cell development (GO:0048468)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin DNA binding (GO:0031490)chromatin DNA binding (GO:0031490)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)chromatin organization (GO:0006325)chromatin remodeling (GO:0006338)chromatin silencing complex (GO:0005677)chromosome (GO:0005694)chromosome, telomeric region (GO:0000781)facultative heterochromatin formation (GO:0140718)heterochromatin (GO:0000792)heterochromatin formation (GO:0031507)heterochromatin formation (GO:0031507)heterochromatin formation (GO:0031507)hippocampus development (GO:0021766)histone H3 methyltransferase activity (GO:0140938)histone H3K27 methyltransferase activity (GO:0046976)histone H3K27 methyltransferase activity (GO:0046976)histone H3K27 methyltransferase activity (GO:0046976)histone H3K27 methyltransferase activity (GO:0046976)histone H3K27 trimethyltransferase activity (GO:0140951)histone H3K27 trimethyltransferase activity (GO:0140951)histone H3K27 trimethyltransferase activity (GO:0140951)histone H3K27 trimethyltransferase activity (GO:0140951)histone binding (GO:0042393)histone methyltransferase activity (GO:0042054)histone methyltransferase activity (GO:0042054)lncRNA binding (GO:0106222)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response (GO:1900016)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic (GO:0045814)negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic (GO:0045814)negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic (GO:0045814)negative regulation of retinoic acid receptor signaling pathway (GO:0048387)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)nucleosome binding (GO:0031491)nucleosome binding (GO:0031491)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)pericentric heterochromatin (GO:0005721)positive regulation of GTPase activity (GO:0043547)positive regulation of MAP kinase activity (GO:0043406)positive regulation of cell cycle G1/S phase transition (GO:1902808)positive regulation of cell migration (GO:0030335)positive regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008284)positive regulation of dendrite development (GO:1900006)positive regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (GO:0010718)positive regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity (GO:0071902)primary miRNA binding (GO:0070878)promoter-specific chromatin binding (GO:1990841)promoter-specific chromatin binding (GO:1990841)pronucleus (GO:0045120)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein-lysine N-methyltransferase activity (GO:0016279)protein-lysine N-methyltransferase activity (GO:0016279)protein-lysine N-methyltransferase activity (GO:0016279)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of circadian rhythm (GO:0042752)regulation of circadian rhythm (GO:0042752)regulation of kidney development (GO:0090183)regulatory ncRNA-mediated heterochromatin formation (GO:0031048)response to estradiol (GO:0032355)ribonucleoprotein complex binding (GO:0043021)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)subtelomeric heterochromatin formation (GO:0031509)synapse (GO:0045202)synaptic transmission, GABAergic (GO:0051932)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription corepressor activity (GO:0003714)transcription corepressor activity (GO:0003714)transcription corepressor binding (GO:0001222)
Expression (TPM)
EZH2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating EZH2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for EZH2. 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 = EZH2 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 EZH2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of EZH2, 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
chr7:148,698,154–148,700,147 184.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 840
chr7:148,877,517–148,877,679 6.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) 28
chr7:148,883,285–148,885,276 71 bp At TSS Multiome 917
chr7:148,940,713–148,941,315 56.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 792
chr7:148,966,846–148,967,346 82.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 532
chr7:148,982,929–148,984,226 99.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 671
chr7:148,987,066–148,988,336 103.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 765
chr7:149,027,878–149,029,294 144.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 992
chr7:149,065,040–149,066,286 181.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 971
chr7:149,071,460–149,072,205 187.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 300
chr7:149,090,124–149,091,686 206.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1010
chr7:149,125,518–149,127,217 242.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1147
chr7:149,145,364–149,146,036 261.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 220
chr7:149,147,030–149,148,737 263.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 938

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the EZH2 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.

chr7:148,688,154 – 149,158,737
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq