UCHL1

Aliases
  • Neuron cytoplasmic protein 9.5
  • PARK5
  • PGP 9.5
  • PGP9.5
  • PGP95
  • UCH-L1
  • UCHL1
  • Ubiquitin thioesterase L1
  • Uch-L1
  • ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase
  • ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal esterase L1 (ubiquitin thiolesterase)
  • ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1
Description
PGP9.5, also called Ubiquitin-protein hydrolase (UCHL1), is a member of a gene family whose products hydrolyze small C-terminal adducts of ubiquitin to generate the ubiquitin monomer. Expression of UCHL1 is highly specific to neurons and to cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system and their tumors. This enzyme is a thiol protease that recognizes and hydrolyzes a peptide bond at the C-terminal glycine of ubiquitin. Oxidation of Met-1, Met-6, Met-12, Met-124 and Met-179 to methionine sulfoxide, and oxidation of Cys-220 to cysteine sulfonic acid have been observed in brains from Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD) patients. PGP9.5 has been proposed as a marker with a potential role in carcinogenesis.
Attributes
QA State
Accepted
Type
Protein
HGNC Name
UCHL1
Certifications
  • None
QA State for Lung
Under Review

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