Biology:UCHL3

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Short description: Human gene and enzyme


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Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UCHL3 gene.[1][2]

Interactions

UCHL3 has been shown to interact with NEDD8 and the tauopathy and synucleinopathy associated mutated ubiquitin molecule UBB+1.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "The neuron-specific protein PGP 9.5 is a ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase". Science 246 (4930): 670–3. Dec 1989. doi:10.1126/science.2530630. PMID 2530630. Bibcode1989Sci...246..670W. 
  2. "Entrez Gene: UCHL3 ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal esterase L3 (ubiquitin thiolesterase)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7347. 
  3. "Mutant ubiquitin (UBB(+1)) associated with neurodegenerative disorders is hydrolyzed by ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L3 (UCH-L3)". FEBS Lett 585 (16): 2568–74. July 2011. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2011.06.037. PMID 21762696. 
  4. "Cleavage of the C-terminus of NEDD8 by UCH-L3". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 251 (3): 688–92. October 1998. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9532. PMID 9790970. 

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