GATA6
GATA binding protein 6

This gene is a member of a small family of zinc finger transcription factors that play an important role in the regulation of cellular differentiation and organogenesis during vertebrate development. This gene is expressed during early embryogenesis and localizes to endo- and mesodermally derived cells during later embryogenesis and thereby plays an important role in gut, lung, and heart development. Mutations in this gene are associated with several congenital defects. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2012]

Member of: DE-4 DE-4.21 Developmental clusters: GC6
Biological processes 70 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)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 activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0140297)G1 to G0 transition involved in cell differentiation (GO:0070315)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-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0061629)anatomical structure morphogenesis (GO:0009653)animal organ development (GO:0048513)atrioventricular canal development (GO:0036302)atrioventricular node development (GO:0003162)cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0060947)cell differentiation (GO:0030154)cell fate commitment (GO:0045165)cellular response to hypoxia (GO:0071456)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)epithelial cell differentiation (GO:0030855)gene expression (GO:0010467)heart contraction (GO:0060047)intestinal epithelial cell differentiation (GO:0060575)male gonad development (GO:0008584)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043066)negative regulation of sebum secreting cell proliferation (GO:1904003)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transforming growth factor beta1 production (GO:0032911)negative regulation of transforming growth factor beta2 production (GO:0032912)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)outflow tract septum morphogenesis (GO:0003148)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 cardiac muscle myoblast proliferation (GO:0110024)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)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein kinase binding (GO:0019901)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of antimicrobial humoral response (GO:0002759)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)response to growth factor (GO:0070848)response to retinoic acid (GO:0032526)response to xenobiotic stimulus (GO:0009410)sebaceous gland cell differentiation (GO:0001949)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)sinoatrial node development (GO:0003163)skin epidermis development (GO:0098773)smooth muscle cell differentiation (GO:0051145)system development (GO:0048731)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription coactivator binding (GO:0001223)transcription coactivator binding (GO:0001223)transcription regulator complex (GO:0005667)zinc ion binding (GO:0008270)
Expression (TPM)
GATA6 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GATA6 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GATA6. 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 = GATA6 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 GATA6

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GATA6, 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
chr18:21,912,423–21,913,408 256.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 73
chr18:21,933,673–21,935,412 234.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 335
chr18:21,990,759–21,991,669 178.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 354
chr18:22,020,051–22,020,863 149.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 228
chr18:22,026,039–22,027,477 142.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 321
chr18:22,079,674–22,080,842 89.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 105
chr18:22,093,896–22,094,823 75.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 197
chr18:22,101,589–22,102,358 67.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 40
chr18:22,110,470–22,110,946 58.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 169
chr18:22,158,498–22,160,201 10.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 129
chr18:22,161,645–22,162,076 7.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) 17
chr18:22,165,323–22,166,006 3.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) 73
chr18:22,167,956–22,172,162 320 bp At TSS Multiome 792
chr18:22,176,799–22,177,309 7.2 kb Proximal (<10kb) 146
chr18:22,178,046–22,178,875 8.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) 275
chr18:22,324,187–22,324,960 154.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 176

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GATA6 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.

chr18:21,902,423 – 22,334,960
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq