USP18 Rabbit pAb

Polyclonal Antibodies

Store at -20°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.|Buffer: PBS with 0.09% Sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.3.

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the ubiquitin-specific proteases (UBP) family of enzymes that cleave ubiquitin from ubiquitinated protein substrates. It is highly expressed in liver and thymus, and is localized to the nucleus. This protein efficiently cleaves only ISG15 (a ubiquitin-like protein) fusions, and deletion of this gene in mice results in a massive increase of ISG15 conjugates in tissues, indicating that this protein is a major ISG15-specific protease. Mice lacking this gene are also hypersensitive to interferon, suggesting a function of this protein in downregulating interferon responses, independent of its isopeptidase activity towards ISG15.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence within amino acids 1-100 of human USP18 (NP_059110.2).

43kDa

Epigenetics Nuclear Signaling, Cell Biology Developmental Biology, Ubiquitin.

11274

USP18