HELT
helt bHLH transcription factor | HCM1228, HESL, MEGANE, Mgn, bHLHb44

Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of neurogenesis. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including nervous system development; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and suckling behavior. Predicted to be located in chromatin. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Biological processes 18 terms
Expression (TPM)
HELT — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating HELT 0 TFs

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

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of HELT, 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
chr4:185,011,539–185,011,709 6.8 kb Proximal (<10kb) 104
chr4:185,015,868–185,016,895 1.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) 63
chr4:185,018,062–185,018,650 at TSS At TSS 181
chr4:185,018,755–185,020,791 266 bp At TSS 290
chr4:185,021,116–185,021,370 2.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) 81
chr4:185,021,798–185,022,029 3.3 kb Proximal (<10kb) 24

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the HELT 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.

chr4:185,001,539 – 185,032,029
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq