SOX4 Transcription Factor
SRY-box transcription factor 4

This intronless gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins, such as syndecan binding protein (syntenin). The protein may function in the apoptosis pathway leading to cell death as well as to tumorigenesis and may mediate downstream effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein (PTHrP) in bone development. The solution structure has been resolved for the HMG-box of a similar mouse protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Member of: DE-9
Biological processes 94 terms
DNA binding (GO:0003677)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 (GO:0003700)DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0000981)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0000978)T cell differentiation (GO:0030217)T cell differentiation (GO:0030217)ascending aorta morphogenesis (GO:0035910)ascending aorta morphogenesis (GO:0035910)atrial septum primum morphogenesis (GO:0003289)atrial septum primum morphogenesis (GO:0003289)brain development (GO:0007420)camera-type eye morphogenesis (GO:0048593)cardiac right ventricle morphogenesis (GO:0003215)cardiac right ventricle morphogenesis (GO:0003215)cellular response to glucose stimulus (GO:0071333)cellular response to glucose stimulus (GO:0071333)chromatin (GO:0000785)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)gene expression (GO:0010467)glial cell development (GO:0021782)glial cell proliferation (GO:0014009)glial cell proliferation (GO:0014009)glucose homeostasis (GO:0042593)glucose homeostasis (GO:0042593)heart development (GO:0007507)heart development (GO:0007507)kidney morphogenesis (GO:0060993)kidney morphogenesis (GO:0060993)mesenchyme development (GO:0060485)mesenchyme development (GO:0060485)miRNA binding (GO:0035198)mitral valve morphogenesis (GO:0003183)mitral valve morphogenesis (GO:0003183)negative regulation of myoblast differentiation (GO:0045662)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nervous system development (GO:0007399)nervous system development (GO:0007399)neuroepithelial cell differentiation (GO:0060563)neuroepithelial cell differentiation (GO:0060563)neuron differentiation (GO:0030182)noradrenergic neuron differentiation (GO:0003357)noradrenergic neuron differentiation (GO:0003357)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)positive regulation of apoptotic process (GO:0043065)positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway (GO:0090263)positive regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway (GO:0090263)positive regulation of cell population proliferation (GO:0008284)positive regulation of gamma-delta T cell differentiation (GO:0045588)positive regulation of gamma-delta T cell differentiation (GO:0045588)positive regulation of insulin secretion (GO:0032024)positive regulation of insulin secretion (GO:0032024)positive regulation of myoblast differentiation (GO:0045663)positive regulation of myoblast differentiation (GO:0045663)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)pro-B cell differentiation (GO:0002328)pro-B cell differentiation (GO:0002328)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein binding (GO:0005515)protein stabilization (GO:0050821)protein stabilization (GO:0050821)regulation of DNA damage response, signal transduction by p53 class mediator (GO:0043516)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)spinal cord development (GO:0021510)spinal cord development (GO:0021510)sympathetic nervous system development (GO:0048485)sympathetic nervous system development (GO:0048485)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)transcription regulator complex (GO:0005667)ventricular septum morphogenesis (GO:0060412)ventricular septum morphogenesis (GO:0060412)
Expression (TPM)
SOX4 — as a Regulator

Modules regulated by SOX4

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 SOX4

Genes likely regulated by SOX4 through linked binding evidence in open chromatin. The chart ranks TF-linked genes by their mean Perturb-seq response to SOX4 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 SOX4 has ChIP-seq or motif footprint binding evidence and which are linked to at least one target gene region.

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SOX4 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating SOX4 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for SOX4. 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 = SOX4 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 SOX4

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of SOX4, 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
chr6:21,259,520–21,260,167 333.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 75
chr6:21,386,604–21,387,271 206.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 154
chr6:21,423,028–21,423,960 170.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 183
chr6:21,449,935–21,450,977 143.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 209
chr6:21,539,532–21,540,359 53.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 120
chr6:21,586,889–21,589,570 4.6 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 917
chr6:21,593,301–21,595,945 37 bp At TSS Multiome 834
chr6:21,596,125–21,596,441 2.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) 289
chr6:21,596,549–21,596,984 2.8 kb Proximal (<10kb) 373
chr6:21,601,865–21,602,374 8.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 104
chr6:21,609,657–21,610,431 16.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 133
chr6:21,664,041–21,666,739 72.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 502
chr6:21,717,678–21,718,459 124.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 133
chr6:21,722,533–21,723,553 129.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 99
chr6:21,953,598–21,954,717 360.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 382

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the SOX4 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.

chr6:21,249,520 – 21,964,717
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq