USP49
protein-codingubiquitin specific peptidase 49, the group of Ubiquitin specific peptidases
Gene summary
Enables histone binding activity and peptidase activity. Involved in mRNA splicing, via spliceosome; negative regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction; and protein deubiquitination. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
MANE transcript
Inheritance
ClinVar variants
Top phenotype
gnomAD constraint
Max pathogenic AF
Genomic locus
External References & Databases
Transcript & Mutation Effects
hg38 • Region Span ~105.5 kbGenCC Phenotypes & Disease Associations
Curated gene-disease validity assertions and inheritance patterns
No GenCC data available for this gene.
ClinVar Associated Diseases & Phenotypes
Reported disease conditions connected to USP49 variants in ClinVar
ClinVar Variants & Pathogenicity by Type
Statistics based on transcript NM_001286554.2. Only rare variants are included.
We include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, MANE Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equal to 1. Click a count to filter the variants table below.
Slight differences between displayed counts and ClinVar may occur due to a different transcript/consequence chosen by our variant effect predictor, or because we classify Benign/Likely benign as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic as Likely pathogenic.
| Effect | PathogenicP | Likely pathogenicLP | VUS | Likely benignLB | BenignB | Sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| synonymous | 3 | 3 | ||||
| missense | 73 | 4 | 1 | 78 | ||
| nonsense | 0 | |||||
| start loss | 0 | |||||
| frameshift | 0 | |||||
| splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 82 |
Transcript Catalog
Annotated transcript isoforms across RefSeq and Ensembl databases
| Transcript ID | Source | Protein ID | Coding Exons | MANE Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RefSeq | NP_001273483.1 | 5 | MANE Select | |
| Ensembl | ENSP00000507239.1 | 5 | MANE Select | |
| RefSeq | NP_001371471.1 | 5 | Standard | |
| RefSeq | NP_061031.2 | 4 | Standard |
Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations & Pathways
Biological processes, molecular functions, cellular components and pathways
Pathways ConsensusPathDB
- Post-translational protein modification
- Metabolism of proteins
- Ub-specific processing proteases
- Deubiquitination
Biological Process
- mRNA splicing, via spliceosome
- ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
- protein deubiquitination
- histone H2B conserved C-terminal lysine deubiquitination
Molecular Function
- cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
- thiol-dependent ubiquitin-specific protease activity
- protein binding
- zinc ion binding
- thiol-dependent ubiquitinyl hydrolase activity
Cellular Component
- nucleoplasm
- cytoplasm
gnomAD Constraint
Source:
- Gene type
- protein_coding
- Transcript type
- protein_coding
- Transcript
- ENST00000373006
- Coding exons
- 4
- Length
- 105466
- Individuals with no LoFs
- 125740
- Homozygous LoFs
- 0
- Heterozygous LoFs
- 8
- Defined
- 125748
- p
- 0.0000318
| Z-Score | Observed | Expected | Observed/Expected | Mutation Rate | Total Possible | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missense | 2.62 | 271 | 423 | 0.641 | 0.0000291 | 4100 |
| Missense (PolyPhen) | 86 | 193.06 | 0.44546 | 2005 | ||
| Synonymous | 0.371 | 181 | 187 | 0.966 | 0.0000134 | 1349 |
| Loss of Function | 4.05 | 4 | 26.5 | 0.151 | 0.00000157 | 271 |
Population LoF Frequency
| Population | CAF | p-value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| African | 0 | 0.0 | absent |
| Latino/Admixed American | 0.000029 | 0.000029 | rare |
| Ashkenazi Jewish | 0 | 0.0 | absent |
| East Asian | 0 | 0.0 | absent |
| Finnish | 0.000046 | 0.000046 | rare |
| European (Non-Finnish) | 0.000054 | 0.000044 | rare |
| South Asian | 0.000033 | 0.000033 | rare |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | absent |
dbNSFP Gene Annotations
Source:
- Function
- FUNCTION: Specifically deubiquitinates histone H2B at 'Lys-120' (H2BK120Ub). H2BK120Ub is a specific tag for epigenetic transcriptional activation and acts as a regulator of mRNA splicing. Deubiquitination is required for efficient cotranscriptional splicing of a large set of exons. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23824326}.;
Recessive Scores
- pRec
- 0.121
Intolerance Scores
- LoFtool
- 0.278
- RVIS EVS
- 0
- RVIS percentile EVS
- 53.73
Essentials
- Essential (CRISPR)
- N
- Essential (CRISPR2)
- N
- Indispensability pred.
- E
- Indispensability score
- 0.598
Gene Damage Prediction
| All | Recessive | Dominant | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mendelian | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Primary Immunodeficiency | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Cancer | Medium | Medium | Medium |