Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of apoptotic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane and nucleolus. Predicted to be active in cytosol and nucleus. Orthologous to several human genes including USP17L1 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 17 like family member 1); USP17L10 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 17 like family member 10); and USP17L11 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 17 like family member 11).