Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

USP24

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 24

Also known as: KIAA1057, UBP24_HUMAN

Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9UPU5
Gene
USP24
Ensembl
ENSG00000162402
Chromosome
1
Canonical length
2620 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Metabolic proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Nucleoplasm,Cytosol

OverviewNCBI Gene

Modification of cellular proteins by ubiquitin is an essential regulatory mechanism controlled by the coordinated action of multiple ubiquitin-conjugating and deubiquitinating enzymes. USP24 belongs to a large family of cysteine proteases that function as deubiquitinating enzymes (Quesada et al., 2004 [PubMed 14715245]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt

2620 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9UPU5|USP24
     1  MESEEEQHMT TLLCMGFSDP ATIRKALRLA KNDINEAVAL LTNERPGLDY GGYEPMDSGG
    61  GPSPGPGGGP RGDGGGDGGG GGPSRGGSTG GGGGFDPPPA YHEVVDAEKN DENGNCSGEG
   121  IEFPTTNLYE LESRVLTDHW SIPYKREESL GKCLLASTYL ARLGLSESDE NCRRFMDRCM
   181  PEAFKKLLTS SAVHKWGTEI HEGIYNMLML LIELVAERIK QDPIPTGLLG VLTMAFNPDN
   241  EYHFKNRMKV SQRNWAEVFG EGNMFAVSPV STFQKEPHGW VVDLVNKFGE LGGFAAIQAK
   301  LHSEDIELGA VSALIQPLGV CAEYLNSSVV QPMLDPVILT TIQDVRSVEE KDLKDKRLVS
   361  IPELLSAVKL LCMRFQPDLV TIVDDLRLDI LLRMLKSPHF SAKMNSLKEV TKLIEDSTLS
   421  KSVKNAIDTD RLLDWLVENS VLSIALEGNI DQAQYCDRIK GIIELLGSKL SLDELTKIWK
   481  IQSGQSSTVI ENIHTIIAAA AVKFNSDQLN HLFVLIQKSW ETESDRVRQK LLSLIGRIGR
   541  EARFETTSGK VLDVLWELAH LPTLPSSLIQ QALEEHLTIL SDAYAVKEAI KRSYIIKCIE
   601  DIKRPGEWSG LEKNKKDGFK SSQLNNPQFV WVVPALRQLH EITRSFIKQT YQKQDKSIIQ
   661  DLKKNFEIVK LVTGSLIACH RLAAAVAGPG GLSGSTLVDG RYTYREYLEA HLKFLAFFLQ
   721  EATLYLGWNR AKEIWECLVT GQDVCELDRE MCFEWFTKGQ HDLESDVQQQ LFKEKILKLE
   781  SYEITMNGFN LFKTFFENVN LCDHRLKRQG AQLYVEKLEL IGMDFIWKIA MESPDEEIAN
   841  EAIQLIINYS YINLNPRLKK DSVSLHKKFI ADCYTRLEAA SSALGGPTLT HAVTRATKML
   901  TATAMPTVAT SVQSPYRSTK LVIIERLLLL AERYVITIED FYSVPRTILP HGASFHGHLL
   961  TLNVTYESTK DTFTVEAHSN ETIGSVRWKI AKQLCSPVDN IQIFTNDSLL TVNKDQKLLH
  1021  QLGFSDEQIL TVKTSGSGTP SGSSADSSTS SSSSSSGVFS SSYAMEQEKS LPGVVMALVC
  1081  NVFDMLYQLA NLEEPRITLR VRKLLLLIPT DPAIQEALDQ LDSLGRKKTL LSESSSQSSK
  1141  SPSLSSKQQH QPSASSILES LFRSFAPGMS TFRVLYNLEV LSSKLMPTAD DDMARSCAKS
  1201  FCENFLKAGG LSLVVNVMQR DSIPSEVDYE TRQGVYSICL QLARFLLVGQ TMPTLLDEDL
  1261  TKDGIEALSS RPFRNVSRQT SRQMSLCGTP EKSSYRQLSV SDRSSIRVEE IIPAARVAIQ
  1321  TMEVSDFTST VACFMRLSWA AAAGRLDLVG SSQPIKESNS LCPAGIRNRL SSSGSNCSSG
  1381  SEGEPVALHA GICVRQQSVS TKDSLIAGEA LSLLVTCLQL RSQQLASFYN LPCVADFIID
  1441  ILLGSPSAEI RRVACDQLYT LSQTDTSAHP DVQKPNQFLL GVILTAQLPL WSPTSIMRGV
  1501  NQRLLSQCME YFDLRCQLLD DLTTSEMEQL RISPATMLED EITWLDNFEP NRTAECETSE
  1561  ADNILLAGHL RLIKTLLSLC GAEKEMLGSS LIKPLLDDFL FRASRIILNS HSPAGSAAIS
  1621  QQDFHPKCST ANSRLAAYEV LVMLADSSPS NLQIIIKELL SMHHQPDPAL TKEFDYLPPV
  1681  DSRSSSGFVG LRNGGATCYM NAVFQQLYMQ PGLPESLLSV DDDTDNPDDS VFYQVQSLFG
  1741  HLMESKLQYY VPENFWKIFK MWNKELYVRE QQDAYEFFTS LIDQMDEYLK KMGRDQIFKN
  1801  TFQGIYSDQK ICKDCPHRYE REEAFMALNL GVTSCQSLEI SLDQFVRGEV LEGSNAYYCE
  1861  KCKEKRITVK RTCIKSLPSV LVIHLMRFGF DWESGRSIKY DEQIRFPWML NMEPYTVSGM
  1921  ARQDSSSEVG ENGRSVDQGG GGSPRKKVAL TENYELVGVI VHSGQAHAGH YYSFIKDRRG
  1981  CGKGKWYKFN DTVIEEFDLN DETLEYECFG GEYRPKVYDQ TNPYTDVRRR YWNAYMLFYQ
  2041  RVSDQNSPVL PKKSRVSVVR QEAEDLSLSA PSSPEISPQS SPRPHRPNND RLSILTKLVK
  2101  KGEKKGLFVE KMPARIYQMV RDENLKFMKN RDVYSSDYFS FVLSLASLNA TKLKHPYYPC
  2161  MAKVSLQLAI QFLFQTYLRT KKKLRVDTEE WIATIEALLS KSFDACQWLV EYFISSEGRE
  2221  LIKIFLLECN VREVRVAVAT ILEKTLDSAL FYQDKLKSLH QLLEVLLALL DKDVPENCKN
  2281  CAQYFFLFNT FVQKQGIRAG DLLLRHSALR HMISFLLGAS RQNNQIRRWS SAQAREFGNL
  2341  HNTVALLVLH SDVSSQRNVA PGIFKQRPPI SIAPSSPLLP LHEEVEALLF MSEGKPYLLE
  2401  VMFALRELTG SLLALIEMVV YCCFCNEHFS FTMLHFIKNQ LETAPPHELK NTFQLLHEIL
  2461  VIEDPIQVER VKFVFETENG LLALMHHSNH VDSSRCYQCV KFLVTLAQKC PAAKEYFKEN
  2521  SHHWSWAVQW LQKKMSEHYW TPQSNVSNET STGKTFQRTI SAQDTLAYAT ALLNEKEQSG
  2581  SSNGSESSPA NENGDRHLQQ GSESPMMIGE LRSDLDDVDP

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against USP24 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.

Antibody reachability
Intracellular
Secreted
No
Transmembrane segments
0
Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
0.3
Highest tissue expression
44 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • skeletal muscle: 44 nTPM
  • tongue: 31 nTPM
  • bone marrow: 26 nTPM
  • cerebellum: 22 nTPM
  • thymus: 17 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 17 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • distal convoluted tubule cells: 678 nCPM
  • oligodendrocyte progenitor cells: 588 nCPM
  • thyrotrophs: 345 nCPM
  • myonuclei: 337 nCPM
  • renal connecting tubule cells: 319 nCPM
  • erythrocyte progenitors: 309 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 3.9 nTPM
  • memory B-cell: 1.9 nTPM
  • naive CD8 T-cell: 1.9 nTPM
  • memory CD8 T-cell: 1.8 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 1.4 nTPM
  • naive CD4 T-cell: 1.4 nTPM

Brain region

  • cerebellum: 51 nTPM
  • hypothalamus: 31 nTPM
  • pons: 30 nTPM
  • white matter: 30 nTPM
  • cerebral cortex: 29 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 29 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about USP24.

Disease | GeneticClinVar

1 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 300 ClinVar records.

Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.

Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap

Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.

gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
0.15
gnomAD pLI
1
gnomAD missense Z
4.99
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.19
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 5% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).

OntologyGO

Biological processes

Molecular functions

Cellular components

Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro

KeywordsUniProt

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads USP24 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against USP24 could matter depends on whether native USP24 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

USP24 is annotated as predominantly intracellular. Intracellular proteins are common autoantibody markers, becoming visible to the immune system after cell injury or altered processing, but are usually markers of disease rather than direct drivers.

Annotation status

The present source text does not explicitly label USP24 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/USP24. Study-independent annotations aggregated from UniProt, Human Protein Atlas, PubMed, IEDB, Pfam, InterPro, Gene Ontology, AlphaFold, gnomAD, DepMap, ClinVar, TCGA. Catalog release seroatlas-reviewed-human-uniprot-20260313.

Seroatlas is the reference for exploring autoantibody and antibody serology at the human-protein level: the autoreactome and human serome, multiplex serology (HuProt, HuScan, VirScan, PhIP-Seq).

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