CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Cysteine proteinases
Functional Family Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21

Enzyme Information

3.4.19.12
Ubiquitinyl hydrolase 1.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9UK80
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).
-!- Links to polypeptides smaller than 60 residues are hydrolyzed more readily than those to larger polypeptides. -!- Isoforms exist with quantitatively different specificities among the best known being UCH-L1 and UCH-L3, major proteins of the brain of mammals. -!- Inhibited by ubiquitin aldehyde (in which Gly76 is replaced by aminoacetaldehyde). -!- Belongs to peptidase family C12.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9UK80
UBP21_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 21

PDB Structure

PDB 2Y5B
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Polyubiquitin Binding and Cross-Reactivity in the Usp Domain Deubiquitinase Usp21.
Ye, Y., Akutsu, M., Reyes-Turcu, F., Enchev, R.I., Wilkinson, K.D., Komander, D.
Embo Rep.