{"entity":{"id":"hlf","kind":"target","name":"HLF","aka":["HLF transcription factor, PAR bZIP family member","Transcription factor HLF","MGC33822"],"tldr":"HLF (Transcription factor HLF) is a protein that switches other genes on and off. The public catalogues list it as a fusion partner, and the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role.","summary":"Transcription factor which selectively binds with high affinity to the consensus sequence 5'-GTTACGTAAT-3' and to closely related sites. Has transcriptional activator activity. Also has transcriptional repressor activity.\n\nOpen Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.65 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.90, genetic association 0.20, somatic mutation 0.82).","asOf":"2026-09-23","links":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:4977","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:4977"},{"label":"UniProt Q16534","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q16534/entry"},{"label":"NCBI Gene 3131","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3131"},{"label":"Ensembl ENSG00000108924","url":"https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000108924"}],"tags":["cancer-genes-wave"],"related":["open-targets"],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":["Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: UniProt disease notes describe a translocation or gene fusion involving the gene. Evidence tier \"association-only\" is the strongest of those signals.","Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate."],"provenance":{"editedBy":"scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts (CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC, UniProt)","editedOn":"2026-09-23"},"symbol":"HLF","role":["fusion-partner"],"evidenceTier":"association-only","sources":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:4977","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:4977","note":"approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)"},{"label":"UniProt Q16534","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q16534/entry","note":"protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)"},{"label":"Open Targets ENSG00000108924","url":"https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000108924/associations","note":"association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.65;  (GraphQL API, CC0)"}],"hgnc":"HGNC:4977","ensembl":"ENSG00000108924","uniprot":"Q16534","entrez":"3131","biology":"Transcription factor which selectively binds with high affinity to the consensus sequence 5'-GTTACGTAAT-3' and to closely related sites. Has transcriptional activator activity. Also has transcriptional repressor activity. Binds to multiple sites in the promoter regions of coagulation factors F8 and F9 and activates transcription; transactivation activity is enhanced by formation of a heterodimer with DBP. Binds to the promoter region of IRF2 and activates transcription. Maintains quiescence of haematopoietic stem cells under steady-state conditions and protects the stem cell pool from toxic insults. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 17q22 (HGNC).","whereFound":[],"targetClass":"transcription","prevalence":[]},"route":"/targets/hlf/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"open-targets","kind":"collection","name":"Open Targets Platform","route":"/collections/open-targets/"}]}}