The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 8 across different species:

ubiquitin specific peptidase 8 (USP8), ubiquitin specific peptidase 8 (Usp8), ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 8 (ARALYDRAFT_326514), ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 8 (MGYG_00369)

Other aliases include:

UBPY, HumORF8, FLJ34456, KIAA0055, MGC129718

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 8:

ubiquitin specific peptidase 8 – ubiquitin specific protease 8 – ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 8 – ubiquitin-specific-processing protease 8 – ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 8-like

Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 8 fulfills a number of functions:

SH3 domain binding – cysteine-type endopeptidase activity – peptidase activity – protein binding – ubiquitin thiolesterase activity – ubiquitin-specific protease activity – cysteine-type peptidase activity

Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 8 is relevant to the following processes:

cell proliferation – ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process – Ras protein signal transduction – endosome organization – protein K48-linked deubiquitination – protein K63-linked deubiquitination – protein deubiquitination

Locations for Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 8:

cytosol – early endosome – extrinsic to endosome membrane – extrinsic to plasma membrane – intracellular

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology