Synonyms:ENTREZ:8078, HGNC:12628, ISOT, MIM:601447, NM_001098536, NM_001382588, NM_001382589, NM_001382590, NM_001382591, NM_003481, NP_001092006, NP_001369517, NP_001369518, NP_001369519, NP_001369520, NP_003472, NR_168449, NR_168450, NR_168451, NR_168452, NR_168454, NR_168455, NR_168456, NR_168457, NR_168458, USP5, ubiquitin specific peptidase 5
Omim:OMIM:601447
Id:ENSG00000111667
Hgnc:HGNC:12628
Description:ubiquitin specific peptidase 5
Ubiquitin (see MIM 191339)-dependent proteolysis is a complex pathway of protein metabolism implicated in such diverse cellular functions as maintenance of chromatin structure, receptor function, and degradation of abnormal proteins. A late step of the process involves disassembly of the polyubiquitin chains on degraded proteins into ubiquitin monomers. USP5 disassembles branched polyubiquitin chains by a sequential exo mechanism, starting at the proximal end of the chain (Wilkinson et al., 1995 [PubMed 7578059]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2010]