KLF8

Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a protein which is a member of the Sp/KLF family of transcription factors. Members of this family contain a C-terminal DNA-binding domain with three Kruppel-like zinc fingers. The encoded protein is thought to play an important role in the regulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition, a process which occurs normally during development but also during metastasis. A pseudogene has been identified on chromosome 16. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2009].
UniProt Summary: N/A

Pfam Domains GO Terms

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 1/694

Tissue	Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential
1290807.0	0/1
909776.0	0/1
bile duct	0/28
blood	0/26
bone	0/26
breast	1/30
central nervous system	0/49
cervix	0/4
colorectal	0/17
esophagus	0/11
fibroblast	0/1
gastric	0/14
kidney	0/18
liver	0/19
lung	0/72
lymphocyte	0/16
ovary	0/25
pancreas	0/22
peripheral nervous system	0/15
plasma cell	0/12
prostate	0/1
skin	0/20
soft tissue	0/9
thyroid	0/2
upper aerodigestive	0/22
urinary tract	0/28
uterus	0/5

Expression Distribution

aggresome
DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
RNA polymerase II proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
negative regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription
negative regulation of RNA biosynthetic process
negative regulation of RNA metabolic process
negative regulation of cellular macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
negative regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process
negative regulation of cellular biosynthetic process
negative regulation of biosynthetic process
DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
negative regulation of gene expression