Biology:USP16

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


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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. "Human and mouse proteases: a comparative genomic approach". Nat Rev Genet 4 (7): 544–58. Jul 2003. doi:10.1038/nrg1111. PMID 12838346. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: USP16 ubiquitin specific peptidase 16". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10600. 

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