USP16
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.[5][6]
External IDsOMIM: 604735; MGI: 1921362; HomoloGene: 38183; GeneCards: USP16; OMA:USP16 - orthologs
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.[6]