IRF2
interferon regulatory factor 2

IRF2 encodes interferon regulatory factor 2, a member of the interferon regulatory transcription factor (IRF) family. IRF2 competitively inhibits the IRF1-mediated transcriptional activation of interferons alpha and beta, and presumably other genes that employ IRF1 for transcription activation. However, IRF2 also functions as a transcriptional activator of histone H4. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-5 DE-5.14
Biological processes 44 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)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 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 repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000977)cell junction (GO:0030054)cell population proliferation (GO:0008283)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromatin (GO:0000785)chromosome (GO:0005694)cytosol (GO:0005829)cytosol (GO:0005829)defense response to virus (GO:0051607)defense response to virus (GO:0051607)immune system process (GO:0002376)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of type I interferon production (GO:0032480)negative regulation of type I interferon production (GO:0032480)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)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 DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)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)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)toll-like receptor 3 signaling pathway (GO:0034138)toll-like receptor 3 signaling pathway (GO:0034138)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)
Expression (TPM)
IRF2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating IRF2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for IRF2. 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 = IRF2 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 IRF2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of IRF2, 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
chr4:184,343,497–184,344,121 130.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 417
chr4:184,347,285–184,347,920 127.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 359
chr4:184,472,503–184,475,460 215 bp At TSS Multiome 965
chr4:184,536,785–184,538,298 63.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 704
chr4:184,625,573–184,626,654 151.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 388
chr4:184,648,062–184,650,476 175.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 822
chr4:184,733,143–184,734,876 259.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1145

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the IRF2 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.

chr4:184,333,497 – 184,744,876
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq