POU2AF2 Gene

Name POU class 2 homeobox associating factor 2
Description Enables sequence-specific DNA binding activity and transcription coactivator activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Located in nucleus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 341032
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Predicted Functions View POU2AF2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Co-expressed Genes View POU2AF2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.
Expression in Tissues and Cell Lines View POU2AF2's ARCHS4 Predicted Functions.

Functional Associations

POU2AF2 has 567 functional associations with biological entities spanning 6 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, disease, phenotype or trait, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA, sequence feature) extracted from 12 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of POU2AF2 gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of POU2AF2 gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 cellular components containing POU2AF2 protein from the curated GO Cellular Component Annotations 2025 dataset.
GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 molecular functions performed by POU2AF2 gene from the curated GO Molecular Function Annotations 2025 dataset.
GTEx eQTL 2025 SNPs regulating expression of POU2AF2 gene from the GTEx eQTL 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of POU2AF2 gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 phenotypes associated with POU2AF2 gene in GWAS datasets from the GWAS Catalog SNP-Phenotype Associations 2025 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of POU2AF2 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of POU2AF2 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Mouse Transcription Factor Targets 2025 dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of POU2AF2 gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of POU2AF2 gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of POU2AF2 gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.