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USP48

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 48 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the USP48 gene.

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USP48
Identifiers
AliasesUSP48, RAP1GA1, USP31, ubiquitin specific peptidase 48
External IDsOMIM: 617445; MGI: 2158502; HomoloGene: 12988; GeneCards: USP48; OMA:USP48 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_130879
NM_001347227
NM_001355588

RefSeq (protein)
Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 21.68 – 21.78 MbChr 4: 137.59 – 137.66 Mb
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Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 48 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the USP48 gene.56

This gene encodes a protein containing domains that associate it with the peptidase family C19, also known as family 2 of ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolases. Family members function as deubiquitinating enzymes, recognizing and hydrolyzing the peptide bond at the C-terminal glycine of ubiquitin. Enzymes in peptidase family C19 are involved in the processing of poly-ubiquitin precursors as well as that of ubiquitinated proteins. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.6

In melanocytic cells USP48 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.7

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000090686Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000043411Ensembl, 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. Puente XS, Sanchez LM, Overall CM, Lopez-Otin C (Jul 2003). "Human and mouse proteases: a comparative genomic approach". Nat Rev Genet. 4 (7): 544–58. doi:10.1038/nrg1111. PMID 12838346. S2CID 2856065.
  6. "Entrez Gene: USP48 ubiquitin specific peptidase 48".
  7. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971.
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