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USP20 ubiquitin specific peptidase 20 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 10868, updated on 27-Nov-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
USP20provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
ubiquitin specific peptidase 20provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:12619
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000136878 MIM:615143; AllianceGenome:HGNC:12619
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
VDU2; hVDU2; LSFR3A
Summary
This gene encodes a ubiquitin specific processing protease that was first identified as a substrate of the VHL (von Hippel-Lindau disease) protein E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. In addition to being ubiquitinated by the VHL-E3 ligase complex, this enzyme deubiquitinates hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1 alpha and thereby causes increased expression of HIF-1alpha targeted genes which play a role in angiogenesis, glucose metabolism, cell proliferation and metastasis. The enzyme encoded by this gene also regulates G-protein coupled receptor signaling by mediating the deubiquitination of beta-2 adrenergic receptor (ADRB2). This enzyme is a ubiquitously expressed thiolester hydrolase. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013]
Expression
Ubiquitous expression in lymph node (RPKM 8.9), bone marrow (RPKM 8.3) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

See USP20 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
9q34.11
Exon count:
26
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 9 NC_000009.12 (129835458..129881828)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 9 NC_060933.1 (142040029..142086556)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 9 NC_000009.11 (132597737..132644107)

Chromosome 9 - NC_000009.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20390 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29122 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 5710 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20391 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132597987-132598487 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132601680-132602180 Neighboring gene torsin family 1 member A Neighboring gene chromosome 9 open reading frame 78 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29123 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 12255 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132632499-132632998 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132636644-132637144 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 12063 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132647083-132647764 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29125 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20393 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29126 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132651249-132652136 Neighboring gene microRNA 6855 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 3297 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29128 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 1290 Neighboring gene formin binding protein 1 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29129 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29130 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29131 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29132 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20394 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29133 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 9235 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29134 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29135 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29136 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29137 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29138 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29139 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29140 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29141 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29142 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29143 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29144 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr9:132786300-132786450 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29145 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29146 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132796970-132797470 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132797471-132797971 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29148 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20395 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20396 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20397 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132811133-132811633 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20398 Neighboring gene G protein-coupled receptor 107 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132878169-132878714 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr9:132881191-132882139 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 20399 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 29149

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

HIV-1 interactions

Replication interactions

Interaction Pubs
Knockdown of ubiquitin specific peptidase 20 (USP20) by siRNA inhibits HIV-1 replication in HeLa P4/R5 cells PubMed

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Tat tat Expression of HIV-1 Tat downregulates the abundance of ubiquitin specific peptidase 20 (USP20) in the nucleoli of Jurkat T-cells PubMed

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Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Clone Names

  • KIAA1003

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables G protein-coupled receptor binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
enables cysteine-type endopeptidase activity IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables zinc ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in centrosome IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
is_active_in cytoplasm IC
Inferred by Curator
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytosol TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
located_in endoplasmic reticulum IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 20
Names
deubiquitinating enzyme 20
pVHL-interacting deubiquitinating enzyme 2
ubiquitin thioesterase 20
ubiquitin thiolesterase 20
ubiquitin-specific-processing protease 20
NP_001008563.2
NP_001103773.2
NP_006667.3

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_033097.2 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5030..51400
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics), LRG_711

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001008563.5NP_001008563.2  ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 20

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001008563.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) has different 5' and 3' non-coding, terminal exons, compared to transcript variant 1. All three transcript variants encode the same protein.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL158207
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS43892.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q541F1, Q8IXQ1, Q96LG5, Q9UQN8, Q9UQP0, Q9Y2K6
    Related
    ENSP00000351122.1, ENST00000358355.5
    Conserved Domains (5) summary
    smart00695
    Location:810895
    DUSP; Domain in ubiquitin-specific proteases
    cd02674
    Location:443683
    Peptidase_C19R; A subfamily of peptidase C19. Peptidase C19 contains ubiquitinyl hydrolases. They are intracellular peptidases that remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquinated peptides by cleavage of isopeptide bonds. They hydrolyze bonds involving the carboxyl ...
    cl02553
    Location:144291
    Peptidase_C19; Peptidase C19 contains ubiquitinyl hydrolases. They are intracellular peptidases that remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquinated peptides by cleavage of isopeptide bonds. They hydrolyse bonds involving the carboxyl group of the C-terminal Gly ...
    pfam00443
    Location:144682
    UCH; Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase
    pfam02148
    Location:3090
    zf-UBP; Zn-finger in ubiquitin-hydrolases and other protein
  2. NM_001110303.4NP_001103773.2  ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 20

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001103773.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (3) has a different 3' non-coding, terminal exon, compared to transcript variant 1. All three transcript variants encode the same protein.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL158207
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS43892.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q541F1, Q8IXQ1, Q96LG5, Q9UQN8, Q9UQP0, Q9Y2K6
    Related
    ENSP00000361506.3, ENST00000372429.8
    Conserved Domains (5) summary
    smart00695
    Location:810895
    DUSP; Domain in ubiquitin-specific proteases
    cd02674
    Location:443683
    Peptidase_C19R; A subfamily of peptidase C19. Peptidase C19 contains ubiquitinyl hydrolases. They are intracellular peptidases that remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquinated peptides by cleavage of isopeptide bonds. They hydrolyze bonds involving the carboxyl ...
    cl02553
    Location:144291
    Peptidase_C19; Peptidase C19 contains ubiquitinyl hydrolases. They are intracellular peptidases that remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquinated peptides by cleavage of isopeptide bonds. They hydrolyse bonds involving the carboxyl group of the C-terminal Gly ...
    pfam00443
    Location:144682
    UCH; Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase
    pfam02148
    Location:3090
    zf-UBP; Zn-finger in ubiquitin-hydrolases and other protein
  3. NM_006676.8NP_006667.3  ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 20

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_006667.3

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the longest transcript. All three transcript variants encode the same protein.
    Source sequence(s)
    AL158207
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS43892.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q541F1, Q8IXQ1, Q96LG5, Q9UQN8, Q9UQP0, Q9Y2K6
    Related
    ENSP00000313811.4, ENST00000315480.9
    Conserved Domains (5) summary
    smart00695
    Location:810895
    DUSP; Domain in ubiquitin-specific proteases
    cd02674
    Location:443683
    Peptidase_C19R; A subfamily of peptidase C19. Peptidase C19 contains ubiquitinyl hydrolases. They are intracellular peptidases that remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquinated peptides by cleavage of isopeptide bonds. They hydrolyze bonds involving the carboxyl ...
    cl02553
    Location:144291
    Peptidase_C19; Peptidase C19 contains ubiquitinyl hydrolases. They are intracellular peptidases that remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquinated peptides by cleavage of isopeptide bonds. They hydrolyse bonds involving the carboxyl group of the C-terminal Gly ...
    pfam00443
    Location:144682
    UCH; Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase
    pfam02148
    Location:3090
    zf-UBP; Zn-finger in ubiquitin-hydrolases and other protein

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000009.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    129835458..129881828
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Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060933.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    142040029..142086556
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