Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable histone binding activity and peptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in mRNA splicing, via spliceosome and negative regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA processing; chromatin organization; and proteolysis. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in cerebral cortex subventricular zone; cerebral cortex ventricular layer; and cortical plate. Orthologous to human USP49 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 49).