GATA4 Transcription Factor
GATA binding protein 4

This gene encodes a member of the GATA family of zinc-finger transcription factors. Members of this family recognize the GATA motif which is present in the promoters of many genes. This protein is thought to regulate genes involved in embryogenesis and in myocardial differentiation and function, and is necessary for normal testicular development. Mutations in this gene have been associated with cardiac septal defects. Additionally, alterations in gene expression have been associated with several cancer types. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]

Member of: DE-3 DE-3.18
Biological processes 119 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA binding (GO:0003677)DNA-binding transcription activator activity (GO:0001216)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, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)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 factor binding (GO:0140297)NFAT protein binding (GO:0051525)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 transcription regulator complex (GO:0090575)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)anatomical structure morphogenesis (GO:0009653)aortic valve morphogenesis (GO:0003180)atrial septum morphogenesis (GO:0060413)atrial septum primum morphogenesis (GO:0003289)atrial septum primum morphogenesis (GO:0003289)atrial septum secundum morphogenesis (GO:0003290)atrioventricular canal development (GO:0036302)atrioventricular canal development (GO:0036302)atrioventricular node development (GO:0003162)atrioventricular valve formation (GO:0003190)atrioventricular valve formation (GO:0003190)cardiac muscle cell differentiation (GO:0055007)cardiac muscle tissue regeneration (GO:0061026)cardiac muscle tissue regeneration (GO:0061026)cardiac right ventricle morphogenesis (GO:0003215)cardiac right ventricle morphogenesis (GO:0003215)cardiac septum development (GO:0003279)cardiac ventricle morphogenesis (GO:0003208)cell differentiation (GO:0030154)cell fate commitment (GO:0045165)cell growth involved in cardiac muscle cell development (GO:0061049)cell-cell signaling (GO:0007267)cellular response to glucose stimulus (GO:0071333)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000987)co-SMAD binding (GO:0070410)embryonic foregut morphogenesis (GO:0048617)embryonic heart tube anterior/posterior pattern specification (GO:0035054)endocardial cushion development (GO:0003197)endocardial cushion development (GO:0003197)endocardial cushion development (GO:0003197)endoderm development (GO:0007492)heart development (GO:0007507)heart looping (GO:0001947)heart looping (GO:0001947)heart morphogenesis (GO:0003007)intestinal epithelial cell differentiation (GO:0060575)male gonad development (GO:0008584)male gonad development (GO:0008584)negative regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043066)negative regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway (GO:2001234)negative regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway (GO:2001234)negative regulation of autophagy (GO:0010507)negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process (GO:0010667)negative regulation of cardiac muscle cell apoptotic process (GO:0010667)negative regulation of connective tissue replacement (GO:1905204)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of oxidative stress-induced intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway (GO:1902176)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nuclear body (GO:0016604)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway (GO:0030513)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of angiogenesis (GO:0045766)positive regulation of angiogenesis (GO:0045766)positive regulation of cell cycle (GO:0045787)positive regulation of gene expression (GO:0010628)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)positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0045944)positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor production (GO:0010575)positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor production (GO:0010575)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein kinase binding (GO:0019901)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of cardiac muscle cell contraction (GO:0086004)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)response to mechanical stimulus (GO:0009612)response to retinoic acid (GO:0032526)response to vitamin A (GO:0033189)response to xenobiotic stimulus (GO:0009410)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)tissue development (GO:0009888)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription coactivator binding (GO:0001223)transdifferentiation (GO:0060290)ventricular septum development (GO:0003281)ventricular septum development (GO:0003281)wound healing (GO:0042060)wound healing (GO:0042060)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
GATA4 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by GATA4

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 GATA4

Genes likely regulated by GATA4 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to GATA4 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 GATA4 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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GATA4 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GATA4 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GATA4. 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 = GATA4 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 GATA4

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GATA4, 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
chr8:11,439,886–11,440,775 252.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 160
chr8:11,466,250–11,468,072 224.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 594
chr8:11,563,746–11,564,943 127.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 644
chr8:11,617,248–11,618,158 74.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 126
chr8:11,632,784–11,633,414 59.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 233
chr8:11,642,077–11,643,101 50.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 247
chr8:11,660,832–11,661,535 31.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 21
chr8:11,676,890–11,677,321 at TSS At TSS 113
chr8:11,679,197–11,679,757 2.2 kb Proximal (<10kb) 112
chr8:11,682,733–11,683,887 9.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 157
chr8:11,689,706–11,689,881 2.7 kb Proximal (<10kb) 17
chr8:11,692,488–11,693,057 at TSS At TSS 153
chr8:11,697,434–11,698,015 4.8 kb Proximal (<10kb) 95
chr8:11,702,714–11,704,461 10.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 687
chr8:11,704,581–11,705,428 431 bp At TSS 300
chr8:11,707,645–11,708,109 3.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) 91
chr8:11,708,271–11,710,646 17.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 246
chr8:11,736,329–11,736,895 43.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 615
chr8:11,743,316–11,744,611 51.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 243
chr8:11,769,172–11,770,442 77.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 764
chr8:11,801,766–11,803,423 110.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 901
chr8:11,807,986–11,809,046 115.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 514
chr8:11,867,298–11,868,997 175.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 752
chr8:11,902,256–11,902,767 209.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 604

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GATA4 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.

chr8:11,429,886 – 11,912,767
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq