USP16

Ubiquitin specific peptidase 16
Identifiers
Symbols USP16; UBP-M
External IDs OMIM604735 MGI1921362 HomoloGene38183 GeneCards: USP16 Gene
EC number 3.4.19.12
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10600 74112
Ensembl ENSG00000156256 ENSMUSG00000025616
UniProt Q9Y5T5 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001001992.1 NM_024258.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_001001992.1 NP_077220.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 21:
30.4 – 30.43 Mb
Chr 16:
87.45 – 87.48 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 16 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the USP16 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a deubiquitinating enzyme that is phosphorylated at the onset of mitosis and then dephosphorylated at the metaphase/anaphase transition. It can deubiquitinate H2A, one of two major ubiquitinated proteins of chromatin, in vitro and a mutant form of the protein was shown to block cell division. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: USP16 ubiquitin specific peptidase 16". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10600. 

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