This gene encodes a member of the haloacid dehalogenase-like (HAD) hydrolase superfamily. The encoded protein has no known biological function. This gene has a pseudogene on chromosome 1. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]
Forensic Context
A review of proteomics in forensic science notes that the PUDP is a protein marker whose abundance increases post-mortem in early post-mortem interval estimation studies using cerebrospinal fluid from human and animal models [Alex et al. DOI:10.1016/j.scijus.2025.101320].