UniProt functional annotation for P62068

UniProt code: P62068.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: Deubiquitinating enzyme that plays a role in behavior, possibly by regulating GABA action. May act by mediating the deubiquitination of GAD1/GAD67 (By similarity). Has almost no deubiquitinating activity by itself and requires the interaction with WDR48 to have a high activity (PubMed:19075014, PubMed:26388029). Not involved in deubiquitination of monoubiquitinated FANCD2 (PubMed:19075014). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P62069, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19075014, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26388029}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=Thiol-dependent hydrolysis of ester, thioester, amide, peptide and isopeptide bonds formed by the C-terminal Gly of ubiquitin (a 76- residue protein attached to proteins as an intracellular targeting signal).; EC=3.4.19.12; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:14715245, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19075014, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26388029};
Activity regulation: Activated by interaction with WDR48. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26388029}.
Subunit: Interacts with WDR48 (PubMed:19075014, PubMed:26388029). Interacts with WDR20 (PubMed:20147737). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19075014, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20147737, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26388029}.
Tissue specificity: Broadly expressed. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14715245}.
Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase C19 family. USP12/USP46 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.