Seroatlas · Human Serome Atlas

USP40

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 40

Also known as: FLJ10785, UBP40_HUMAN

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

Protein identityUniProt · HPA

UniProt accession
Q9NVE5
Gene
USP40
Ensembl
ENSG00000085982
Chromosome
2
Canonical length
1235 aa
Protein class
Enzymes, Metabolic proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins
Subcellular location
Vesicles,Focal adhesion sites

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. USP40 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

1235 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.

>Q9NVE5|USP40
     1  MFGDLFEEEY STVSNNQYGK GKKLKTKALE PPAPREFTNL SGIRNQGGTC YLNSLLQTLH
    61  FTPEFREALF SLGPEELGLF EDKDKPDAKV RIIPLQLQRL FAQLLLLDQE AASTADLTDS
   121  FGWTSNEEMR QHDVQELNRI LFSALETSLV GTSGHDLIYR LYHGTIVNQI VCKECKNVSE
   181  RQEDFLDLTV AVKNVSGLED ALWNMYVEEE VFDCDNLYHC GTCDRLVKAA KSAKLRKLPP
   241  FLTVSLLRFN FDFVKCERYK ETSCYTFPLR INLKPFCEQS ELDDLEYIYD LFSVIIHKGG
   301  CYGGHYHVYI KDVDHLGNWQ FQEEKSKPDV NLKDLQSEEE IDHPLMILKA ILLEENNLIP
   361  VDQLGQKLLK KIGISWNKKY RKQHGPLRKF LQLHSQIFLL SSDESTVRLL KNSSLQAESD
   421  FQRNDQQIFK MLPPESPGLN NSISCPHWFD INDSKVQPIR EKDIEQQFQG KESAYMLFYR
   481  KSQLQRPPEA RANPRYGVPC HLLNEMDAAN IELQTKRAEC DSANNTFELH LHLGPQYHFF
   541  NGALHPVVSQ TESVWDLTFD KRKTLGDLRQ SIFQLLEFWE GDMVLSVAKL VPAGLHIYQS
   601  LGGDELTLCE TEIADGEDIF VWNGVEVGGV HIQTGIDCEP LLLNVLHLDT SSDGEKCCQV
   661  IESPHVFPAN AEVGTVLTAL AIPAGVIFIN SAGCPGGEGW TAIPKEDMRK TFREQGLRNG
   721  SSILIQDSHD DNSLLTKEEK WVTSMNEIDW LHVKNLCQLE SEEKQVKISA TVNTMVFDIR
   781  IKAIKELKLM KELADNSCLR PIDRNGKLLC PVPDSYTLKE AELKMGSSLG LCLGKAPSSS
   841  QLFLFFAMGS DVQPGTEMEI VVEETISVRD CLKLMLKKSG LQGDAWHLRK MDWCYEAGEP
   901  LCEEDATLKE LLICSGDTLL LIEGQLPPLG FLKVPIWWYQ LQGPSGHWES HQDQTNCTSS
   961  WGRVWRATSS QGASGNEPAQ VSLLYLGDIE ISEDATLAEL KSQAMTLPPF LEFGVPSPAH
  1021  LRAWTVERKR PGRLLRTDRQ PLREYKLGRR IEICLEPLQK GENLGPQDVL LRTQVRIPGE
  1081  RTYAPALDLV WNAAQGGTAG SLRQRVADFY RLPVEKIEIA KYFPEKFEWL PISSWNQQIT
  1141  KRKKKKKQDY LQGAPYYLKD GDTIGVKNLL IDDDDDFSTI RDDTGKEKQK QRALGRRKSQ
  1201  EALHEQSSYI LSSAETPARP RAPETSLSIH VGSFR

LocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA

Whether an antibody against USP40 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)
0.33
Highest tissue expression
22 nTPM

Expression across tissuesHPA

Tissue

  • epididymis: 22 nTPM
  • skin: 18 nTPM
  • parathyroid gland: 16 nTPM
  • thyroid gland: 15 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 14 nTPM
  • testis: 14 nTPM

Single-cell type

  • myonuclei: 206 nCPM
  • proximal tubule cells: 161 nCPM
  • adipocytes: 155 nCPM
  • oligodendrocytes: 146 nCPM
  • podocytes: 140 nCPM
  • choroid plexus epithelial cells: 138 nCPM

Immune cell

  • plasmacytoid DC: 1.8 nTPM
  • myeloid DC: 1.5 nTPM
  • intermediate monocyte: 1.1 nTPM
  • classical monocyte: 1 nTPM
  • non-classical monocyte: 0.9 nTPM
  • naive B-cell: 0.7 nTPM

Brain region

  • white matter: 55 nTPM
  • medulla oblongata: 47 nTPM
  • choroid plexus: 41 nTPM
  • basal ganglia: 40 nTPM
  • thalamus: 39 nTPM
  • pons: 38 nTPM

DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed

Four sources answering four different questions about USP40.

Disease | ImmuneIEDB

Conditions an epitope on USP40 was assayed in.

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)
0.93
gnomAD pLI
0
gnomAD missense Z
0.24
DepMap mean gene effect
-0.04
DepMap dependency class
selective

Cancer expressionTCGA

Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% 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

InteractionsUniProt · HPA

Protein binding partners of USP40 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.

Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis

Seroatlas reads USP40 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against USP40 could matter depends on whether native USP40 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.

USP40 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 USP40 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.

Canonical record: https://seroatlas.com/gene/USP40. 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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