Usp18 ubiquitin specific peptidase 18 [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]
Source: NCBI Gene (ID 24110)
Symbol: Usp18
Full name: ubiquitin specific peptidase 18
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Also known as: 1110058H21Rik; UBP43; Ubp15
Summary: Enables ISG15-specific protease activity. Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium and response to stilbenoid. Predicted to be located in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle. Predicted to be active in cytosol and nucleus. Is expressed in axial skeleton; lung; and mandible. Orthologous to several human genes including USP18 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 18). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Expression: Broad expression in liver E18 (RPKM 13.2), thymus adult (RPKM 10.2) and 21 other tissues
Orthologs: human
Gene size: 25012bp
Exon count: 11