Activating transcription factor 4 （tax-responsive enhancer element B67）, also known as ATF4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ATF4 gene. This gene encodes a transcription factor that was originally identified as a widely expressed mammalian DNA binding protein that could bind a tax-responsive enhancer element in the LTR of HTLV-1. The encoded protein was also isolated and characterized as the cAMP-response element binding protein 2 （CREB-2）. ATF4 is not a functional transcription factor by itself but one-half of many possible heterodimeric transcription factors. ATF4 belongs to a family of DNA-binding proteins that includes the AP-1 family of transcription factors, cAMP-response element binding proteins （CREBs） and CREB-like proteins. ATF4 transcription factor is also known to play role in osteoblast differentiation along with RUNX2 and osterix.