Table 1

Mammalian H2A deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs)

DUB
Domain structure
Substrate
Interactors
Process
Ref.

USP3
ZnF-UBP, UCH
H2A, H2B
n.d.
DNA damage response; S-phase progression
[17]
USP16/UbpM
ZnF-UBP, UCH
H2A
n.d.
Transcription of HoxD10; G2/M transition
[24,33]
USP21
UCH
H2A
n.d.
Transcription
[25]
USP22
ZnF-UBP, UCH
H2A, H2B
SAGA complex
Transcriptional coactivator with Myc, AR, ER, GR; G1/S transition
[28,29]
2A-DUB/KIAA1915/MYSM1
SANT, SWIRM, JAMM/MPN+
H2A
p/CAF, Trip5/KIF11, Rbm10
Transcriptional coactivator with AR
[27]

Abbreviations: ZnF-UBP, Zinc Finger-Ubiquitin Binding Domain; UCH, Ubiquitin C Terminal Hydrolase domain; AR, Androgen Receptor; ER, Estrogen Receptor; GR, Growth hormone Receptor; 2A-DUB, H2A DeUBiquitinase; JAMM, JAB1/MPN/Mov34 metalloenzyme domain; MPN+, Mpr1, Pad1 N-terminal + domain; p/CAF, p300/CBP Associated Factor; n.d., not determined.

Vissers et al. Cell Division 2008 3:8   doi:10.1186/1747-1028-3-8