FOS
Fos proto-oncogene, AP-1 transcription factor subunit | AP-1, c-fos

The Fos gene family consists of 4 members: FOS, FOSB, FOSL1, and FOSL2. These genes encode leucine zipper proteins that can dimerize with proteins of the JUN family, thereby forming the transcription factor complex AP-1. As such, the FOS proteins have been implicated as regulators of cell proliferation, differentiation, and transformation. In some cases, expression of the FOS gene has also been associated with apoptotic cell death. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Developmental clusters: GC4
Biological processes 96 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001228)DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001228)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 activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)R-SMAD binding (GO:0070412)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 cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000979)RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)SMAD protein signal transduction (GO:0060395)cellular response to epidermal growth factor stimulus (GO:0071364)cellular response to hormone stimulus (GO:0032870)cellular response to hypoxia (GO:0071456)cellular response to parathyroid hormone stimulus (GO:0071374)cellular response to phorbol 13-acetate 12-myristate (GO:1904628)cellular response to prolactin (GO:1990646)cellular response to reactive oxygen species (GO:0034614)cellular response to transforming growth factor beta stimulus (GO:0071560)cellular response to tumor necrosis factor (GO:0071356)cellular response to zinc ion starvation (GO:0034224)cerebral cortex development (GO:0021987)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)conditioned taste aversion (GO:0001661)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytosol (GO:0005829)double-stranded DNA binding (GO:0003690)endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0005783)female pregnancy (GO:0007565)identical protein binding (GO:0042802)inflammatory response (GO:0006954)integrated stress response signaling (GO:0140467)medium-term memory (GO:0072375)mononuclear cell differentiation (GO:1903131)myoblast proliferation (GO:0051450)neural retina development (GO:0003407)neuron differentiation (GO:0030182)nuclear matrix (GO:0016363)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of miRNA transcription (GO:1902895)positive regulation of miRNA transcription (GO:1902895)positive regulation of miRNA transcription (GO:1902895)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)promoter-specific chromatin binding (GO:1990841)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein-DNA complex (GO:0032993)protein-containing complex binding (GO:0044877)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)response to activity (GO:0014823)response to cAMP (GO:0051591)response to corticosterone (GO:0051412)response to cytokine (GO:0034097)response to ethanol (GO:0045471)response to forskolin (GO:1904321)response to gravity (GO:0009629)response to immobilization stress (GO:0035902)response to insulin (GO:0032868)response to light stimulus (GO:0009416)response to lipopolysaccharide (GO:0032496)response to mechanical stimulus (GO:0009612)response to progesterone (GO:0032570)response to steroid hormone (GO:0048545)response to toxic substance (GO:0009636)response to xenobiotic stimulus (GO:0009410)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)skeletal muscle cell proliferation (GO:0014856)transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006366)transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006366)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription coregulator binding (GO:0001221)transcription factor AP-1 complex (GO:0035976)transcription factor AP-1 complex (GO:0035976)transcription regulator complex (GO:0005667)transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway (GO:0007179)
Expression (TPM)
FOS — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating FOS 0 TFs

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

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of FOS, 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
chr14:75,276,919–75,277,969 855 bp At TSS 731
chr14:75,278,060–75,280,702 at TSS At TSS 928

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the FOS 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.

chr14:75,266,919 – 75,290,702
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq