GBX2
gastrulation brain homeobox 2

Enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of nervous system development and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including branching involved in blood vessel morphogenesis; nervous system development; and neural crest cell migration. Predicted to be located in chromatin. Predicted to be active in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Developmental clusters: GC5
Biological processes 19 terms
Expression (TPM)
GBX2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GBX2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GBX2. 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 = GBX2 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 GBX2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GBX2, 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
chr2:236,086,912–236,087,522 81.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 92
chr2:236,159,024–236,160,074 8.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 207
chr2:236,160,792–236,161,258 7.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 66
chr2:236,163,152–236,165,145 4.7 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 243
chr2:236,166,188–236,166,513 1.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) 70
chr2:236,167,071–236,169,001 66 bp At TSS Multiome 531
chr2:236,172,801–236,174,041 4.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) 141
chr2:236,174,344–236,174,963 6.0 kb Proximal (<10kb) 27
chr2:236,177,631–236,178,437 9.7 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 437
chr2:236,237,432–236,238,127 69.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 130

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GBX2 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.

chr2:236,076,912 – 236,248,127
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq