GRHL2 Transcription Factor
grainyhead like transcription factor 2 | BOM, FLJ13782, DFNA28, TFCP2L3

The protein encoded by this gene is a transcription factor that can act as a homodimer or as a heterodimer with either GRHL1 or GRHL3. Defects in this gene are a cause of non-syndromic sensorineural deafness autosomal dominant type 28 (DFNA28).[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2009]

Member of: DE-3 DE-3.5
Biological processes 48 terms
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 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 (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)DNA-binding transcription factor binding (GO:0140297)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)bicellular tight junction assembly (GO:0070830)brain development (GO:0007420)cell adhesion (GO:0007155)cell junction assembly (GO:0034329)cell-cell junction (GO:0005911)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin DNA binding (GO:0031490)chromatin binding (GO:0003682)epidermis development (GO:0008544)epithelial cell morphogenesis (GO:0003382)epithelial cell morphogenesis (GO:0003382)epithelial cell morphogenesis (GO:0003382)epithelium migration (GO:0090132)epithelium migration (GO:0090132)identical protein binding (GO:0042802)intronic transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0001161)intronic transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0001161)keratinocyte differentiation (GO:0030216)lung epithelial cell differentiation (GO:0060487)lung epithelial cell differentiation (GO:0060487)membrane (GO:0016020)neural tube closure (GO:0001843)neural tube development (GO:0021915)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)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)protein binding (GO:0005515)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0006357)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)
Expression (TPM)
GRHL2 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by GRHL2

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 GRHL2

Genes likely regulated by GRHL2 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to GRHL2 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 GRHL2 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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GRHL2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GRHL2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GRHL2. 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 = GRHL2 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 GRHL2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GRHL2, 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
chr8:101,204,668–101,206,670 286.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1036
chr8:101,409,180–101,410,550 82.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 211
chr8:101,437,099–101,437,572 55.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 336
chr8:101,491,954–101,492,859 107 bp At TSS Multiome 341
chr8:101,493,007–101,494,548 1.5 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 334
chr8:101,501,153–101,501,741 8.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 308

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GRHL2 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.

chr8:101,194,668 – 101,511,741
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq