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USP22

Ubiquitin specific peptidase 22 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the USP22 gene on chromosome 17. USP22 is known to function as a histone deubiquitinating component of the transcription regulatory histone acetylation (HAT) complex SAGA.

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USP22
Identifiers
AliasesUSP22, USP3L, ubiquitin specific peptidase 22
External IDsOMIM: 612116; MGI: 2144157; HomoloGene: 52664; GeneCards: USP22; OMA:USP22 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_015276

NM_001004143

RefSeq (protein)

NP_056091

NP_001004143

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 21 – 21.04 MbChr 11: 61.04 – 61.07 Mb
PubMed search34
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Ubiquitin specific peptidase 22 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the USP22 gene on chromosome 17.5 USP22 is known to function as a histone deubiquitinating component of the transcription regulatory histone acetylation (HAT) complex SAGA.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000124422Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000042506Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: Ubiquitin specific peptidase 22".
  6. "Q9UPT9 (UBP22_HUMAN)". UniProt.
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