HIC2 Transcription Factor
HIC ZBTB transcriptional repressor 2 | HRG22, KIAA1020, ZBTB30, ZNF907

Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; regulation of cytokine production; and regulation of immune system process. Located in nucleoplasm and plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Member of: DE-6 DE-6.2
Biological processes 12 terms
Expression (TPM)
HIC2 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by HIC2

Modules significantly affected by knockdown. ↑ Up = module upregulated upon KD; ↓ Down = module downregulated upon KD.

No developmental cluster associationsThis TF has no significant perturbation or binding associations with developmental gene clusters.
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 HIC2

Genes likely regulated by HIC2 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to HIC2 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 HIC2 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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HIC2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating HIC2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for HIC2. 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 = HIC2 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 HIC2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of HIC2, 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
chr22:20,020,662–20,021,745 1396.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 718
chr22:20,243,636–20,244,300 1173.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 251
chr22:20,418,190–20,418,662 999.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 594
chr22:20,857,959–20,859,512 558.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 901
chr22:21,567,510–21,568,436 150.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 951
chr22:21,628,821–21,630,259 212.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 1055
chr22:21,641,511–21,643,313 224.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 754
chr22:21,651,622–21,652,445 234.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 719
chr22:21,657,073–21,658,429 240.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 802
chr22:21,665,721–21,666,577 248.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 893
chr22:21,938,040–21,938,786 520.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 871
chr22:21,951,964–21,953,251 535.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 645

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the HIC2 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.

chr22:20,010,662 – 21,963,251
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq