USP21

ubiquitin specific peptidase 21

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the C19 peptidase family, also known as family 2 of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolases. The encoded protein cleaves ubiquitin from ubiquitinated proteins for recycling in intracellular protein degradation. The encoded protein is also able to release NEDD8, a ubiquitin-like protein, from NEDD8-conjugated proteins. This gene has been referred to as USP16 and USP23 but is now known as USP21. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Known Variants28 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs5404654681:161,129,563G/A
rs7809615351:161,130,452C/Tuncertain significance
rs1997373441:161,130,453G/Auncertain significance
rs1499857891:161,130,461C/Tuncertain significance
rs1491710201:161,130,541G/Tuncertain significance
rs3728044221:161,130,543G/Auncertain significance
rs9350891931:161,130,585T/Guncertain significance
rs3773698301:161,130,594G/Auncertain significance
rs7794290151:161,130,660G/Auncertain significance
rs25250717611:161,130,737C/Guncertain significance
rs7582413251:161,130,743C/Tuncertain significance
rs12662398091:161,130,858C/Tuncertain significance
rs7773525671:161,130,860C/Tuncertain significance
rs3716927361:161,130,863C/Tuncertain significance
rs1510442341:161,130,864G/Auncertain significance
rs3732627391:161,130,903G/Auncertain significance
rs3761968701:161,130,917T/Guncertain significance
rs3774563781:161,130,999C/Auncertain significance
rs7680410631:161,132,102C/Tuncertain significance
rs5463851101:161,132,750G/Auncertain significance
rs7499347661:161,132,780G/Auncertain significance
rs1487298081:161,132,827C/Tuncertain significance
rs7658591461:161,133,356G/Auncertain significance
rs1467753061:161,133,373A/Guncertain significance
rs7523290051:161,133,376C/Tuncertain significance
rs25251032621:161,133,695G/Tuncertain significance
rs3732536841:161,134,852A/Guncertain significance
rs3773080261:161,135,215A/Guncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.