Biology:USP14

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Ubiquitin-specific protease 14 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the USP14 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the ubiquitin-specific processing (UBP) family of proteases that is a deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) with His and Cys domains. This protein is located in the cytoplasm and cleaves the ubiquitin moiety from ubiquitin-fused precursors and ubiquitinylated proteins. Mice with a mutation that results in reduced expression of the ortholog of this protein are retarded for growth, develop severe tremors by 2 to 3 weeks of age followed by hindlimb paralysis and death by 6 to 10 weeks of age. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[2]

Interactions

USP14 has been shown to interact with CXCR4.[3]

Inhibitors

  • IU1 and related compounds [4][5]
  • VLX1570 (non selective inhibitor of proteasome deubiquitinases)
  • Degrasyn (WP1130) (non selective deubiquitinase inhibitor acting at USP9, USP5, USP14, and UCH37)

References

Further reading

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P54578 (Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 14) at the PDBe-KB.