FOXA2 Transcription Factor
forkhead box A2 | HNF3B

This gene encodes a member of the forkhead class of DNA-binding proteins. These hepatocyte nuclear factors are transcriptional activators for liver-specific genes such as albumin and transthyretin, and they also interact with chromatin. Similar family members in mice have roles in the regulation of metabolism and in the differentiation of the pancreas and liver. This gene has been linked to sporadic cases of maturity-onset diabetes of the young. Transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

Biological processes 52 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)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, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)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-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)adult locomotory behavior (GO:0008344)anatomical structure morphogenesis (GO:0009653)cell differentiation (GO:0030154)cell fate specification (GO:0001708)chromatin (GO:0000785)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)dopaminergic neuron differentiation (GO:0071542)dopaminergic neuron differentiation (GO:0071542)dopaminergic neuron differentiation (GO:0071542)endocrine pancreas development (GO:0031018)negative regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (GO:0010719)negative regulation of ferroptosis (GO:0110076)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nucleic acid binding (GO:0003676)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by cadherin (GO:2000049)positive regulation of embryonic development (GO:0040019)positive regulation of gastrulation (GO:2000543)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)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)primitive streak formation (GO:0090009)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein domain specific binding (GO:0019904)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of blood coagulation (GO:0030193)regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus (GO:0061178)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)response to interleukin-6 (GO:0070741)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription corepressor activity (GO:0003714)
Expression (TPM)
FOXA2 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by FOXA2

Modules significantly affected by knockdown. ↑ Up = module upregulated upon KD; ↓ Down = module downregulated upon KD.

Evidence: Direction:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Cluster Dir NES padj Bind OR padj (bind)
Evidence: Direction:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Module Dir NES #gRNA padj Bind OR padj (bind)
Evidence: Direction: Max shown:
Perturbation + Binding
Perturbation only
Binding only
Submodule Module Dir NES #gRNA Bind OR padj (bind)

Genes regulated by FOXA2

Genes likely regulated by FOXA2 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to FOXA2 knockdown, with negative coefficients indicating downregulation and positive coefficients indicating upregulation upon knockdown.

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Regulatory Elements bound by the TF

Open chromatin elements (ATAC-seq) where FOXA2 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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FOXA2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating FOXA2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for FOXA2. 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 = FOXA2 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 FOXA2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of FOXA2, 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
chr20:22,490,294–22,491,441 93.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 652
chr20:22,567,276–22,568,785 16.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 145
chr20:22,571,104–22,572,289 13.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 192
chr20:22,574,659–22,577,435 9.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 577
chr20:22,577,666–22,580,215 5.3 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 716
chr20:22,581,831–22,585,678 197 bp At TSS Multiome 872
chr20:22,585,993–22,587,411 2.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 559
chr20:22,590,743–22,590,989 6.2 kb Proximal (<10kb) 22
chr20:22,663,225–22,664,137 79.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 211

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the FOXA2 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.

chr20:22,480,294 – 22,674,137
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq