Protein Description

Gene Symbol GATA4
Entrez ID 2626
Uniprot ID P43694
Description GATA binding protein 4
Chromosomal Location chr8: 11,676,959-11,760,002
Ontology GO ID GO Term Definition Evidence

BP

GO:0001947

heart looping

The tube morphogenesis process in which the primitive heart tube loops asymmetrically. This looping brings the primitive heart chambers into alignment preceding their future integration. Heart looping begins with dextral-looping and ends when the main regional divisions of the mature heart and primordium of the great arterial trunks become established preceeding septation.

ISS

BP

GO:0003197

endocardial cushion development

The progression of a cardiac cushion over time, from its initial formation to the mature structure. The endocardial cushion is a specialized region of mesenchymal cells that will give rise to the heart septa and valves.

IMP|ISS

BP

GO:0003208

cardiac ventricle morphogenesis

The process in which the cardiac ventricle is generated and organized. A cardiac ventricle receives blood from a cardiac atrium and pumps it out of the heart.

TAS

BP

GO:0003215

cardiac right ventricle morphogenesis

The process in which the right cardiac ventricle is generated and organized.

ISS

BP

GO:0003281

ventricular septum development

The progression of the ventricular septum over time from its formation to the mature structure.

ISS

BP

GO:0003289

atrial septum primum morphogenesis

The process in which anatomical structure of an atrial septum primum is generated and organized.

ISS

BP

GO:0003290

atrial septum secundum morphogenesis

The process in which anatomical structure of an atrial septum secundum is generated and organized.

IMP

BP

GO:0006355

regulation of transcription, DNA-templated

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription.

ISS

BP

GO:0006366

transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

The synthesis of RNA from a DNA template by RNA polymerase II, originating at an RNA polymerase II promoter. Includes transcription of messenger RNA (mRNA) and certain small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs).

ISS

BP

GO:0007267

cell-cell signaling

Any process that mediates the transfer of information from one cell to another. This process includes signal transduction in the receiving cell and, where applicable, release of a ligand and any processes that actively facilitate its transport and presentation to the receiving cell. Examples include signaling via soluble ligands, via cell adhesion molecules and via gap junctions.

ISS

BP

GO:0007492

endoderm development

The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the endoderm over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The endoderm is the innermost germ layer that develops into the gastrointestinal tract, the lungs and associated tissues.

TAS

BP

GO:0007596

blood coagulation

The sequential process in which the multiple coagulation factors of the blood interact, ultimately resulting in the formation of an insoluble fibrin clot; it may be divided into three stages: stage 1, the formation of intrinsic and extrinsic prothrombin converting principle; stage 2, the formation of thrombin; stage 3, the formation of stable fibrin polymers.

TAS

BP

GO:0008584

male gonad development

The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the male gonad over time, from its formation to the mature structure.

IEP|IMP

BP

GO:0009612

response to mechanical stimulus

Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a mechanical stimulus.

IEA

BP

GO:0010507

negative regulation of autophagy

Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of autophagy. Autophagy is the process in which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm.

IEA

BP

GO:0010575

positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor production

Any process that increases or activates the frequency, rate, or extent of production of vascular endothelial growth factor.

ISS

BP

GO:0030513

positive regulation of BMP signaling pathway

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of BMP signaling pathway activity.

IEA

BP

GO:0033189

response to vitamin A

Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a vitamin A stimulus.

IEA

BP

GO:0035054

embryonic heart tube anterior/posterior pattern specification

The establishment, maintenance and elaboration of cell differentiation that results in the anterior/posterior subdivision of the embryonic heart tube. In Drosophila this results in subdivision of the dorsal vessel into to the posterior heart proper and the anterior aorta.

ISS

BP

GO:0042493

response to drug

Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a drug stimulus. A drug is a substance used in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of a disease.

IMP

BP

GO:0045165

cell fate commitment

The commitment of cells to specific cell fates and their capacity to differentiate into particular kinds of cells. Positional information is established through protein signals that emanate from a localized source within a cell (the initial one-cell zygote) or within a developmental field.

IBA

BP

GO:0045766

positive regulation of angiogenesis

Any process that activates or increases angiogenesis.

ISS

BP

GO:0045893

positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription.

IDA|ISS

BP

GO:0045944

positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of transcription from an RNA polymerase II promoter.

IDA|ISS

BP

GO:0048468

cell development

The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Cell development does not include the steps involved in committing a cell to a specific fate.

IBA

BP

GO:0048617

embryonic foregut morphogenesis

The process in which the anatomical structures of the foregut are generated and organized, during the embryonic phase.

ISS

BP

GO:0048646

anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis

The developmental process pertaining to the initial formation of an anatomical structure from unspecified parts. This process begins with the specific processes that contribute to the appearance of the discrete structure and ends when the structural rudiment is recognizable. An anatomical structure is any biological entity that occupies space and is distinguished from its surroundings. Anatomical structures can be macroscopic such as a carpel, or microscopic such as an acrosome.

IBA

BP

GO:0051891

positive regulation of cardioblast differentiation

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cardioblast differentiation, the process in which a relatively unspecialized mesodermal cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a cardioblast. A cardioblast is a cardiac precursor cell. It is a cell that has been committed to a cardiac fate, but will undergo more cell division rather than terminally differentiating.

ISS

BP

GO:0060290

transdifferentiation

The conversion of a differentiated cell of one fate into a differentiated cell of another fate without first undergoing cell division or reversion to a more primitive or stem cell-like fate.

IEA

BP

GO:0060413

atrial septum morphogenesis

The developmental process in which atrial septum is generated and organized. The atrial septum separates the upper chambers (the atria) of the heart from one another.

IMP

BP

GO:0060575

intestinal epithelial cell differentiation

The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a columnar/cuboidal epithelial cell of the intestine.

IDA

BP

GO:0061049

cell growth involved in cardiac muscle cell development

The growth of a cardiac muscle cell, where growth contributes to the progression of the cell over time from its initial formation to its mature state.

IEA

BP

GO:0071333

cellular response to glucose stimulus

Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a glucose stimulus.

IEA

BP

GO:0086004

regulation of cardiac muscle cell contraction

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of cardiac muscle cell contraction.

IEA

CC

GO:0005634

nucleus

A membrane-bounded organelle of eukaryotic cells in which chromosomes are housed and replicated. In most cells, the nucleus contains all of the cell's chromosomes except the organellar chromosomes, and is the site of RNA synthesis and processing. In some species, or in specialized cell types, RNA metabolism or DNA replication may be absent.

IDA|ISS|NAS

CC

GO:0005654

nucleoplasm

That part of the nuclear content other than the chromosomes or the nucleolus.

TAS

CC

GO:0090575

RNA polymerase II transcription factor complex

A transcription factor complex that acts at promoters of genes transcribed by RNA polymerase II.

IDA

MF

GO:0000977

RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific sequence of DNA that is part of a regulatory region that controls the transcription of a gene or cistron by RNA polymerase II.

IBA

MF

GO:0001076

transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II transcription factor binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an RNA polymerase II transcription factor, which may be a single protein or a complex, in order to modulate transcription. A protein binding transcription factor may or may not also interact with the template nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) as well.

IDA

MF

GO:0001085

RNA polymerase II transcription factor binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an RNA polymerase II transcription factor, any protein required to initiate or regulate transcription by RNA polymerase II.

IBA

MF

GO:0001158

enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific sequence of DNA that is part of an enhancer, a transcription regulatory region that is somewhat distal from the core promoter and which enhances transcription from that promoter.

IEA

MF

GO:0001228

transcriptional activator activity, RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sequence of DNA that is in the transcription regulatory region for RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) in order to activate or increase the frequency, rate or extent of transcription from the RNAP II promoter.

IBA

MF

GO:0003677

DNA binding

Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

IDA|ISS

MF

GO:0003682

chromatin binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with chromatin, the network of fibers of DNA, protein, and sometimes RNA, that make up the chromosomes of the eukaryotic nucleus during interphase.

IBA

MF

GO:0003700

transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific DNA sequence in order to modulate transcription. The transcription factor may or may not also interact selectively with a protein or macromolecular complex.

IDA

MF

GO:0003713

transcription coactivator activity

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a activating transcription factor and also with the basal transcription machinery in order to increase the frequency, rate or extent of transcription. Cofactors generally do not bind the template nucleic acid, but rather mediate protein-protein interactions between activating transcription factors and the basal transcription machinery.

IDA

MF

GO:0005515

protein binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules).

IPI

MF

GO:0008134

transcription factor binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a transcription factor, any protein required to initiate or regulate transcription.

IPI

MF

GO:0008270

zinc ion binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with zinc (Zn) ions.

IEA

MF

GO:0019901

protein kinase binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a protein kinase, any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group, usually from ATP, to a protein substrate.

IEA

MF

GO:0033613

activating transcription factor binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an activating transcription factor, any protein whose activity is required to initiate or upregulate transcription.

ISS

MF

GO:0043565

sequence-specific DNA binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with DNA of a specific nucleotide composition, e.g. GC-rich DNA binding, or with a specific sequence motif or type of DNA e.g. promotor binding or rDNA binding.

ISS

MF

GO:0044212

transcription regulatory region DNA binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a DNA region that regulates the transcription of a region of DNA, which may be a gene, cistron, or operon. Binding may occur as a sequence specific interaction or as an interaction observed only once a factor has been recruited to the DNA by other factors.

IDA

MF

GO:0051525

NFAT protein binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) proteins, a family of transcription factors. NFAT proteins have crucial roles in the development and function of the immune system.

IEA

MF

GO:0070410

co-SMAD binding

Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a common mediator SMAD signaling protein.

IPI

Domain ID Description

IPR000679

Zinc finger, GATA-type

IPR008013

GATA-type transcription activator, N-terminal

IPR013088

Zinc finger, NHR/GATA-type

IPR016375

Transcription factor GATA-4/5/6

Pathway ID Pathway Term Pathway Source

hsa04022

cGMP-PKG signaling pathway

KEGG

hsa04530

Tight junction

KEGG

hsa04919

Thyroid hormone signaling pathway

KEGG

WP732

Serotonin Receptor 2 and ELK-SRF/GATA4 signaling

WikiPathways

WP236

Adipogenesis

WikiPathways

WP1528

Physiological and Pathological Hypertrophy of the Heart

WikiPathways

WP2853

Endoderm Differentiation

WikiPathways

WP1591

Heart Development

WikiPathways

WP1544

MicroRNAs in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy

WikiPathways

WP2406

Cardiac Progenitor Differentiation

WikiPathways

h_alkPathway

ALK in cardiac myocytes

BioCarta

h_hopPathway

Hop Pathway in Cardiac Development

BioCarta

h_nfatPathway

NFAT and Hypertrophy of the heart (Transcription in the broken heart)

BioCarta

UMLS CUI UMLS Term

C0001973

Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic

C0009404

Colorectal Neoplasms

C0018800

Cardiomegaly

C0019284

Diaphragmatic Hernia

C0027051

Myocardial Infarction

C0039685

Tetralogy Of Fallot

C0235833

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

C0344724

Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect

Tissue Cell Type

esophagus

squamous epithelial cells

heart muscle

myocytes

ovary

ovarian stroma cells

placenta

trophoblastic cells

small intestine

glandular cells

stomach

glandular cells

testis

cells in seminiferous ducts

testis

Leydig cells

No databases found.

Pubmed ID Author Year Title

22617121

Ouandaogo et al.

2012

Differences in transcriptomic profiles of human cumulus cells isolated from oocytes at GV, MI and MII stages after in vivo andin vitro oocyte maturation

22789864

Yan et al.

2012

Expression of apoptosis-related genes in the endometrium of polycystic ovary syndrome patients during the window of implantation

Gene Symbol Entrez ID Uniprot ID Score

FOS

2353

P01100

0.52

MAPK3

5595

P27361

0.52

CRIP2

1397

P52943

0.55

MEF2C

4208

Q06413

0.55

MED1

5469

Q15648

0.59

EZH1

2145

Q92800

0.63

EZH2

2146

Q15910

0.63

HDAC2

3066

Q92769

0.63

SUZ12

23512

Q15022

0.63

ALX4

60529

Q9H161

0.63

ZBTB3

79842

Q9H5J0

0.63

KLF13

51621

Q9Y2Y9

0.68

TBX5

6910

Q99593

0.74

NR5A1

2516

Q13285

0.76

SP1

6667

P08047

0.78

HAND2

9464

P61296

0.79

EP300

2033

Q09472

0.82

JARID2

3720

Q92833

0.88

SRF

6722

P11831

0.88

ZFPM2

23414

Q8WW38

0.90

NKX2-5

1482

P52952

0.96

PIAS1

8554

O75925

0.52

KDM6A

7403

O15550

0.63

MDC1

9656

Q14676

0.63

MAPK1

5594

P28482

0.65

NFATC4

4776

Q14934

0.67

ID1

3397

P41134

0.68

ID2

3398

Q02363

0.68

ID3

3399

Q02535

0.68

FOXE1

2304

O00358

0.72