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]
Modules significantly affected by knockdown. ↑ Up = module upregulated upon KD; ↓ Down = module downregulated upon KD.
| Cluster | Dir | NES | padj | Bind | OR | padj (bind) |
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| Module | Dir | NES | #gRNA | padj | Bind | OR | padj (bind) |
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| Submodule | Module | Dir | NES | #gRNA | Bind | OR | padj (bind) |
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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.
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.
| Element | Size | Linked genes |
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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.
| TF | Mean coef | Binding | Outlier | TF→Gene link |
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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 |
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.