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. [provided by RefSeq
Other Designations:
deubiquitinating enzyme 14,tRNA-guanine transglycosylase, 60-kD subunit,ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 14,ubiquitin specific protease 14,ubiquitin specific protease 14 (tRNA-guanine transglycosylase),ubiquitin thiolesterase 14,ubiquitin-specific pr