ZNF281
zinc finger protein 281 | ZBP-99

Enables DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of gene expression; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Located in nucleoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Member of: DE-6 DE-6.2
Biological processes 29 terms
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 repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific (GO:0001227)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 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)embryonic body morphogenesis (GO:0010172)embryonic body morphogenesis (GO:0010172)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045892)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II (GO:0000122)nucleoplasm (GO:0005654)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)nucleus (GO:0005634)positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0045893)protein binding (GO:0005515)regulation of DNA-templated transcription (GO:0006355)sequence-specific DNA binding (GO:0043565)sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding (GO:1990837)stem cell differentiation (GO:0048863)stem cell differentiation (GO:0048863)transcription cis-regulatory region binding (GO:0000976)
Expression (TPM)
ZNF281 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating ZNF281 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for ZNF281. 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 = ZNF281 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 ZNF281

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of ZNF281, 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
chr1:200,129,357–200,130,017 280.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 129
chr1:200,225,879–200,226,951 183.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 304
chr1:200,275,106–200,277,040 134.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 305
chr1:200,364,189–200,365,401 45.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 292
chr1:200,368,023–200,369,613 41.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 213
chr1:200,409,102–200,410,859 100 bp At TSS Multiome 818
chr1:200,411,526–200,412,290 1.8 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 202
chr1:200,620,328–200,621,096 210.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 739
chr1:200,669,293–200,670,631 259.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1078

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the ZNF281 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.

chr1:200,119,357 – 200,680,631
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq