The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 16 across different species:

ubiquitin specific peptidase 16 (USP16), ubiquitin specific protease 16 (usp16), universal stress protein (usp16), ubiquitin specific peptidase 16 (usp16), ubiquitin specific peptidase 16 (Usp16)

Other aliases include:

USP16, MGC143424, wu:fc76b02, wu:fc76b08, si:dkey-121n8.2, si:ch211-238e22.5, UBP-M, ubp-m, MGC145103

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 16:

ubiquitin specific peptidase 16 – ubiquitin specific protease 16 – Ubiquitin thioesterase 16 – Deubiquitinating enzyme 16 – Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 16 – Ubiquitin-specific-processing protease 16 – universal stress protein – deubiquitinating enzyme 16 – ubiquitin thiolesterase 16 – ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 16 – ubiquitin-specific processing protease 16

Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 16 fulfills a number of functions:

cysteine-type endopeptidase activity – histone binding – metal ion binding – peptidase activity – transcription coactivator activity – ubiquitin binding – ubiquitin thiolesterase activity – ubiquitin-specific protease activity – zinc ion binding – cysteine-type peptidase activity – hydrolase activity

Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 16 is relevant to the following processes:

cell cycle – cell division – chromatin modification – histone deubiquitination – mitosis – positive regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent – protein homotetramerization – regulation of transcription – ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process – modification-dependent protein catabolic process – transcription

Locations for Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 16:

nucleus – cytoplasm

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology