OTU Deubiquitinase 5
DUBA
OTU Domain-Containing Protein 5
Deubiquitinating Enzyme A
OTU Domain Containing 5
Deubiquitinase A
DKFZp761A052
Deubiquinating Enzyme A
EC 3.4.19.12
MCAND
This gene encodes a member of the OTU (ovarian tumor) domain-containing cysteine protease superfamily. The OTU domain confers deubiquitinase activity and the encoded protein has been shown to suppress the type I interferon-dependent innate immune response by cleaving the polyubiquitin chain from an essential type I interferon adaptor protein. Cleavage results in disassociation of the adaptor protein from a downstream signaling complex and disruption of the type I interferon signaling cascade. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]
Forensic Context
A study in human blood samples demonstrated that the OTUD5 OTUD5 was incorporated as one of nine reference genes in the initial primer design for a targeted massively parallel sequencing assay aimed at forensic age estimation, due to its stable expression in blood, and it was included in the final validated primer pool of seven reference genes [Hänggi et al. DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2025.103282].