USP49 (Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 49) is a Protein Coding gene. Among its related pathways are Deubiquitination and Metabolism of proteins. GO annotations related to this gene include histone binding and cysteine-type peptidase activity. 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.
