Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables K48-linked deubiquitinase activity; K63-linked deubiquitinase activity; and cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity. Involved in positive regulation of apoptotic process and protein stabilization. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in non-syndromic X-linked intellectual disability 105. Orthologous to human USP27X (ubiquitin specific peptidase 27 X-linked).