OTUD1

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Also known as DUBA7

Summary

OTUD1 (OTU deubiquitinase 1, HGNC:27346) is a protein-coding gene on chromosome 10p12.2, encoding OTU domain-containing protein 1 (Q5VV17). Deubiquitinating enzyme that specifically hydrolyzes ‘Lys-63’-linked polyubiquitin to monoubiquitin.

Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs; see MIM 603478) are proteases that specifically cleave ubiquitin (MIM 191339) linkages, negating the action of ubiquitin ligases. DUBA7 belongs to a DUB subfamily characterized by an ovarian tumor (OTU) domain.

Source: NCBI Gene 220213 — RefSeq curated summary.

At a glance

  • GWAS associations: 2
  • Clinical variants (ClinVar): 47 total
  • Druggable target: yes
  • MANE Select transcript: NM_001145373

Identifiers

Gene identifiers

FieldValue
HGNC IDHGNC:27346
Approved symbolOTUD1
NameOTU deubiquitinase 1
Location10p12.2
Locus typegene with protein product
StatusApproved
AliasesDUBA7
Ensembl geneENSG00000165312
Ensembl biotypeprotein_coding
OMIM612022
Entrez220213

Gene structure

Transcript identifiers

Ensembl transcripts: 1 — 1 protein_coding

ENST00000376495

RefSeq mRNA: 1 — MANE Select: NM_001145373 NM_001145373

CCDS: CCDS44366

Canonical transcript exons

ENST00000376495 — 1 exons

ExonStartEnd
ENSE000014707042343907523442377

Expression profiles

Bgee: expression breadth ubiquitous, 252 present calls, max score 99.04.

FANTOM5 (CAGE): breadth ubiquitous, TPM avg 28.0039 / max 1820.4470, expressed in 1735 samples.

FANTOM5 promoters (7 alternative TSS)

Promoter IDTPM avgSamples expressed
10428616.33231276
1042834.58061357
1042843.61971267
1042811.5631686
1042851.1121592
1042820.4968248
1042870.2993159

Top tissues by expression

256 total, by Bgee expression score (0-100, higher = more expressed):

TissueAnatomy IDExpression scoreQuality
buccal mucosa cellCL:000233699.04gold quality
skeletal muscle tissue of rectus abdominisUBERON:000451198.98gold quality
left ventricle myocardiumUBERON:000656698.46gold quality
cardiac muscle of right atriumUBERON:000337997.79silver quality
upper arm skinUBERON:000426397.72gold quality
kidney epitheliumUBERON:000481997.12gold quality
tibialis anteriorUBERON:000138596.92silver quality
amniotic fluidUBERON:000017396.91gold quality
oviduct epitheliumUBERON:000480496.83gold quality
hindlimb stylopod muscleUBERON:000425295.48gold quality
myocardiumUBERON:000234995.19gold quality
upper leg skinUBERON:000426294.95gold quality
vena cavaUBERON:000408794.75gold quality
body of tongueUBERON:001187694.42gold quality
bronchial epithelial cellCL:000232894.10gold quality
bronchusUBERON:000218593.94gold quality
superior surface of tongueUBERON:000737193.74gold quality
layer of synovial tissueUBERON:000761693.72gold quality
tongueUBERON:000172393.69gold quality
heart right ventricleUBERON:000208093.65gold quality
parietal pleuraUBERON:000240093.46gold quality
mucosa of paranasal sinusUBERON:000503092.99gold quality
lower lobe of lungUBERON:000894992.78gold quality
quadriceps femorisUBERON:000137792.68gold quality
epithelium of mammary glandUBERON:000324492.52gold quality
mammary ductUBERON:000176592.50gold quality
synovial jointUBERON:000221792.38gold quality
vastus lateralisUBERON:000137992.31gold quality
nippleUBERON:000203092.26gold quality
bone marrow cellCL:000209292.18gold quality

Single-cell (SCXA)

Detected in 1 experiment(s), a significant marker in 1.

ExperimentMarker?Max mean expression
E-ANND-3yes13.35

Regulation

Is transcription factor: no

miRNA regulators (miRDB)

166 targeting OTUD1, top 30 by miRDB confidence (max_score; target_count = how many genes the miRNA targets in total — lower means more specific):

miRNAMax scoreAvg scoremiRNA target_count
HSA-MIR-3613-3P100.0076.367965
HSA-MIR-5692A100.0074.406850
HSA-MIR-4262100.0073.263931
HSA-MIR-340-5P100.0072.504437
HSA-LET-7A-3P100.0074.033932
HSA-LET-7B-3P100.0074.083913
HSA-LET-7F-1-3P100.0074.023928
HSA-MIR-98-3P100.0074.083907
HSA-MIR-518D-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-518E-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-518F-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-519A-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-519B-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-519C-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-520C-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-522-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-523-5P100.0067.66954
HSA-MIR-526A-5P100.0067.51979
HSA-MIR-548AW99.9972.573559
HSA-MIR-181A-5P99.9972.962995
HSA-MIR-181B-5P99.9972.972996
HSA-MIR-181C-5P99.9972.952996
HSA-MIR-181D-5P99.9973.042997
HSA-MIR-196A-1-3P99.9972.152772
HSA-MIR-548C-3P99.9974.017587
HSA-MIR-548N99.9871.944170
HSA-MIR-19A-3P99.9875.332762
HSA-MIR-19B-3P99.9875.442754
HSA-LET-7F-2-3P99.9870.982588
HSA-MIR-1185-1-3P99.9871.042593

Literature-anchored findings (GeneRIF, showing 15)

  • OTU domain-containing protein 1 deubiquitinating enzyme is differentially expressed in thyroid cancer. (PMID:24937664)
  • these results suggest that OTUD1 is a novel regulator of p53 stability and activity. (PMID:28216291)
  • OTU deubiquitinase 1 (OTUD1) directly deubiquitinates Smad7 Protein (SMAD7) and prevents its degradation. (PMID:29235476)
  • Report that YAP is subject to non-proteolytic, K63-linked polyubiquitination by the SCF(SKP2) E3 ligase complex (SKP2), which is reversed by the deubiquitinase OTUD1. The non-proteolytic ubiquitination of YAP enhances its interaction with its nuclear binding partner TEAD, thereby inducing YAP’s nuclear localization, transcriptional activity, and growth-promoting function. (PMID:29891922)
  • The data demonstrate that OTUD1 is involved in maintaining immune homeostasis and loss-of-function mutations of OTUD1 enhance the immune response and are associated with autoimmunity. (PMID:30100102)
  • we report the establishment of OTUD1-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), using the rat medial iliac lymph node method. The generated antibodies recognize the N-terminal portion (aa. 1-290) of human and mouse OTUD1 proteins (PMID:30130141)
  • OTUD1 Negatively Regulates Type I IFN Induction by Disrupting Noncanonical Ubiquitination of IRF3. (PMID:32075857)
  • The deubiquitinase OTUD1 enhances iron transport and potentiates host antitumor immunity. (PMID:33393230)
  • OTUD1 Activates Caspase-Independent and Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis by Promoting AIF Nuclear Translocation and MCL1 Degradation. (PMID:33898171)
  • Melatonin induces apoptotic cell death through Bim stabilization by Sp1-mediated OTUD1 upregulation. (PMID:34826170)
  • OTUD1 deubiquitinase regulates NF-kappaB- and KEAP1-mediated inflammatory responses and reactive oxygen species-associated cell death pathways. (PMID:35941131)
  • The deubiquitinase OTUD1 regulates immunoglobulin production and proteasome inhibitor sensitivity in multiple myeloma. (PMID:36357400)
  • The deubiquitinase OTUD1 noncanonically suppresses Akt activation through its N-terminal intrinsically disordered region. (PMID:36640312)
  • The Deubiquitinase OTUD1 Suppresses Secretory Neutrophil Polarization And Ameliorates Immunopathology of Periodontitis. (PMID:37639212)
  • The deubiquitinase OTUD1 deubiquitinates TIPE2 and plays a protective role in sepsis-induced lung injury by targeting TAK1-mediated MAPK and NF-kappaB signaling. (PMID:38996928)

Cross-species orthologs

5 orthologs

OrganismSymbolGene ID
danio_reriootud1ENSDARG00000100872
mus_musculusOtud1ENSMUSG00000043415
rattus_norvegicusOtud1ENSRNOG00000016950
drosophila_melanogasterotuFBGN0003023
drosophila_melanogasterCG3251FBGN0031622

Paralogs (5): OTUD5 (ENSG00000068308), OTUD6B (ENSG00000155100), OTUD4 (ENSG00000164164), OTUD3 (ENSG00000169914), OTUD6A (ENSG00000189401)

Protein

Protein identifiers

OTU domain-containing protein 1Q5VV17 (reviewed: Q5VV17)

Alternative names: DUBA-7

All UniProt accessions (1): Q5VV17

UniProt curated annotations — full annotation on UniProt →

Function. Deubiquitinating enzyme that specifically hydrolyzes ‘Lys-63’-linked polyubiquitin to monoubiquitin. Required for the stability and translation of a subset mRNAs with a high abundance of rare codons by mediating deubiquitination of 40S ribosomal protein RPS10/eS10, thereby antagonizing ZNF598-mediated 40S ubiquitination. The abundance of rare codons in mRNAs can limit the translation rate and can lead to ribosome collisions that trigger activation of ribosome quality control (RQC) pathway by ZNF598. OTUD1-mediated deubiquitination prevents activation of the RQC and subsequent dissociation of ribosomes and stimulates formation of polysomes and translation.

Domain organisation. The UIM repeat increases the specificity and efficiency of the enzyme toward ‘Lys-63’-linked polyubiquitin. Specificity is not given by the S1’ ubiquitin-binding site within the OTU domain (composed of the Cys-, His- and Variable-loops).

RefSeq proteins (1): NP_001138845* (*=MANE)

Domains & families (InterPro)

IDNameType
IPR003323OTU_domDomain
IPR038765Papain-like_cys_pep_sfHomologous_superfamily
IPR047834OTUD1_OTUDomain
IPR050704Peptidase_C85-likeFamily

Pfam: PF02338

UniProt features (30 total): helix 8, strand 6, region of interest 5, compositionally biased region 3, active site 3, domain 2, chain 1, mutagenesis site 1, turn 1

Structure

Experimental structures (PDB)

1 structures.

PDBMethodResolution (Å)
4BOPX-RAY DIFFRACTION2.1

Predicted structure (AlphaFold)

ModelpLDDTFraction very-high
AF-Q5VV17-F162.490.40

Functional residue map

Curated UniProt residues grouped by drug-discovery relevance — catalytic, ligand-binding, modification, and mutation-validated positions. Source: UniProtKB sequence features.

Catalytic / active sites (3): 317; 320 (nucleophile); 431

Mutagenesis-validated functional residues (1):

PositionPhenotype
320abolished deubiquitinase activity.

Function

Pathways and Gene Ontology

Reactome pathways

3 pathways

IDPathway
R-HSA-5357786TNFR1-induced proapoptotic signaling
R-HSA-5357905Regulation of TNFR1 signaling
R-HSA-5357956TNFR1-induced NF-kappa-B signaling pathway

MSigDB gene sets: 181 (showing top): GSE45365_CD8A_DC_VS_CD11B_DC_IFNAR_KO_MCMV_INFECTION_DN, GSE18804_BRAIN_VS_COLON_TUMORAL_MACROPHAGE_UP, DARWICHE_SKIN_TUMOR_PROMOTER_DN, DARWICHE_PAPILLOMA_RISK_LOW_DN, DARWICHE_PAPILLOMA_RISK_HIGH_DN, DARWICHE_SQUAMOUS_CELL_CARCINOMA_DN, GOBP_PROTEIN_MODIFICATION_BY_SMALL_PROTEIN_REMOVAL, FOSTER_TOLERANT_MACROPHAGE_UP, GOMF_CYSTEINE_TYPE_PEPTIDASE_ACTIVITY, GOBP_POST_TRANSLATIONAL_PROTEIN_MODIFICATION, NAKAMURA_TUMOR_ZONE_PERIPHERAL_VS_CENTRAL_DN, GOBP_PROTEIN_K63_LINKED_DEUBIQUITINATION, chr10p12, GOBP_PROTEOLYSIS, GEORGES_TARGETS_OF_MIR192_AND_MIR215

GO Biological Process (3): proteolysis (GO:0006508), protein K63-linked deubiquitination (GO:0070536), protein deubiquitination (GO:0016579)

GO Molecular Function (5): cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity (GO:0004843), protein binding (GO:0005515), peptidase activity (GO:0008233), cysteine-type peptidase activity (GO:0008234), hydrolase activity (GO:0016787)

GO Cellular Component (0):

Reactome top-level categories

Rollup of top-1 pathways:

CategoryPathways
TNF signaling3

GO top-level categories

Rollup of top GO terms by namespace:

CategoryTerms
protein metabolic process1
protein deubiquitination1
cysteine-type deubiquitinase activity1
protein modification by small protein removal1
cysteine-type peptidase activity1
deubiquitinase activity1
binding1
hydrolase activity1
catalytic activity, acting on a protein1
peptidase activity1
catalytic activity1

Protein interactions and networks

STRING

810 interactions, top by confidence (×1000):

Protein AProtein BPartner UniProtScore
OTUD1ZUP1Q96AP4927
OTUD1YOD1Q5VVQ6690
OTUD1OTUD6AQ7L8S5659
OTUD1OTUB1Q96FW1656
OTUD1OTUB2Q96DC9636
OTUD1OTULINQ96BN8626
OTUD1OTUD7BQ6GQQ9602
OTUD1OTUD4Q01804598
OTUD1OTUD6BQ8N6M0586
OTUD1ZRANB1Q9UGI0533
OTUD1JOSD1Q15040504
OTUD1USP17L2Q6R6M4496
OTUD1OTUD7AQ8TE49476
OTUD1USP49Q70CQ1476
OTUD1JOSD2Q8TAC2476

IntAct

10 interactions, top by confidence:

ABTypeScore
RIPK2OTUD1psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.460
RIPK2OTUD1psi-mi:“MI:0403”(colocalization)0.460
Xpo1IFT56psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
OTUD1LOC392787psi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
USP11PRRC2Bpsi-mi:“MI:0914”(association)0.350
OTUD1ppdKpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
OTUD1rpiA2psi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000
OTUD1ahpCpsi-mi:“MI:0915”(physical association)0.000

BioGRID (235): OTUD1 (Affinity Capture-MS), TP53 (Affinity Capture-Western), OTUD1 (Affinity Capture-Western), OTUD1 (Reconstituted Complex), SMAD7 (Reconstituted Complex), OTUD1 (Reconstituted Complex), OTUD1 (Affinity Capture-Western), SMAD7 (Biochemical Activity), YAP1 (Affinity Capture-Western), OTUD1 (Affinity Capture-Western), YAP1 (Reconstituted Complex), YAP1 (Biochemical Activity), OTUD1 (Affinity Capture-Western), SMURF1 (Affinity Capture-Western), SMURF1 (Co-localization)

ESM2 similar proteins: A6NKL6, A6NNE9, A6P320, D3YYI7, E9Q0B3, F5H4A9, O60346, P0C1G7, P0C7U0, P0DPB3, P39881, P53349, Q0P496, Q13233, Q147X3, Q2TBI2, Q3TZ87, Q49LS4, Q52L14, Q5GH59, Q5GH67, Q5GH76, Q5VV17, Q62925, Q66JB6, Q6NS60, Q80TE3, Q86VE0, Q86YJ5, Q8BGW2, Q8CBH7, Q8R554, Q8TC41, Q8TE49, Q8TF61, Q96EP1, Q96SQ7, Q99MX7, Q99NA2, Q9BXQ6

Diamond homologs: B2RRE7, Q01804, Q08BW0, Q2YDU3, Q3U2S4, Q5VV17, Q640H3, Q6GL44, Q7ZX21, Q96G74, Q9CUB6, Q9LZF7, Q9VR20, Q9XIP2, F4K3M6, Q9NP73, Q9SGA5, P10383, Q9D8C3

SIGNOR signaling

0 interactions.

Disease & clinical

Clinical variants and AI predictions

ClinVar

47 variants total. Per-class counts are floors (≥ shown; pagination cap):

ClassificationCount (floor)
Pathogenic0
Likely pathogenic0
Uncertain significance40
Likely benign4
Benign3

Top pathogenic / likely-pathogenic (0)

SpliceAI

45 predictions. Top by Δscore:

VariantEffectΔscore
10:23439691:CTTCG:Cacceptor_gain0.6400
10:23439695:G:Tacceptor_gain0.6200
10:23439700:G:GAdonor_gain0.5000
10:23439604:GACCG:Gdonor_gain0.4200
10:23439699:T:TAdonor_gain0.4100
10:23440406:GAC:Gacceptor_gain0.4100
10:23439694:CG:Cacceptor_gain0.4000
10:23439692:TTCG:Tacceptor_gain0.3700
10:23440405:A:AGacceptor_gain0.3700
10:23440406:G:GGacceptor_gain0.3700
10:23440405:AGAC:Aacceptor_gain0.3400
10:23440406:GACG:Gacceptor_gain0.3400
10:23439609:G:GGdonor_gain0.3200
10:23439693:TCG:Tacceptor_gain0.3000
10:23439605:ACCGG:Adonor_loss0.2800
10:23439606:CCG:Cdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439607:CG:Cdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439608:GG:Gdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439609:GTG:Gdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439610:T:TAdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439611:G:GCdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439612:A:ATdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439613:G:Tdonor_loss0.2800
10:23439607:C:CAdonor_gain0.2700
10:23440341:CCG:Cacceptor_gain0.2500
10:23440249:C:Aacceptor_gain0.2400
10:23439644:G:Tdonor_gain0.2300
10:23440398:T:Gacceptor_loss0.2300
10:23440401:TTCCA:Tacceptor_loss0.2300
10:23440402:TCCAG:Tacceptor_loss0.2300

AlphaMissense

3097 scored. Top likely-pathogenic:

VariantProtein changeam_pathogenicity
10:23440406:G:CD317H1.000
10:23440407:A:TD317V1.000
10:23440410:G:AG318D1.000
10:23440410:G:TG318V1.000
10:23440415:T:CC320R1.000
10:23440416:G:AC320Y1.000
10:23440417:C:GC320W1.000
10:23440425:G:CR323P1.000
10:23440427:G:CA324P1.000
10:23440428:C:AA324D1.000
10:23440431:T:AV325D1.000
10:23440476:G:CR340T1.000
10:23440476:G:TR340M1.000
10:23440477:G:CR340S1.000
10:23440477:G:TR340S1.000
10:23440518:T:CF354S1.000
10:23440550:T:CF365L1.000
10:23440552:T:AF365L1.000
10:23440552:T:GF365L1.000
10:23440580:T:AW375R1.000
10:23440580:T:CW375R1.000
10:23440638:T:CL394S1.000
10:23440728:T:CL424P1.000
10:23440730:A:CS425R1.000
10:23440732:T:AS425R1.000
10:23440732:T:GS425R1.000
10:23440733:T:AW426R1.000
10:23440733:T:CW426R1.000
10:23440737:T:CL427P1.000
10:23440746:G:AG430E1.000

dbSNP variants (sampled 300 via entrez): RS1000356051 (10:23442014 C>T), RS1000744107 (10:23441211 C>A), RS1001691884 (10:23438424 C>T), RS1002021735 (10:23442762 T>A), RS1002028788 (10:23437127 G>C), RS1002642445 (10:23439058 G>A,T), RS1002684380 (10:23439349 G>C), RS1003020674 (10:23440269 C>A,G,T), RS1003617692 (10:23441803 C>T), RS1003870886 (10:23441839 G>A,C), RS1004096318 (10:23441453 C>T), RS1004287409 (10:23438443 T>C), RS1004430744 (10:23437499 T>A,C), RS1004487178 (10:23441546 T>G), RS1004890406 (10:23440773 C>G,T)

Disease associations

OMIM: gene MIM:612022 | disease phenotypes:

GenCC curated gene-disease

Mondo (0):

Orphanet (0):

HPO phenotypes

0 total (0 of 0 shown, HPO-id order):

GWAS associations

2 associations (top):

StudyTraitp-value
GCST001957_8Obesity (early onset extreme)1.000000e-07
GCST007277_14Tourette syndrome6.000000e-07

Drugs & pharmacology

Drug and pharmacology data

Is drug target: yes

ChEMBL targets (1): CHEMBL4630832 (SINGLE PROTEIN)

PharmGKB: 1 entry (VIP=true, CPIC=false)

CTD chemical–gene interactions

57 total (human), top 30 by PubMed support.

ChemicalActions (top 5)PubMed papers
sodium arsenitedecreases expression, increases expression2
Acetaminophenincreases expression2
Air Pollutantsdecreases expression, affects expression, increases abundance2
Benzo(a)pyreneincreases expression, decreases methylation2
Phenylmercuric Acetateaffects cotreatment, decreases expression2
Tobacco Smoke Pollutiondecreases expression, increases expression2
Cyclosporineincreases expression2
3-((6-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)phenyl)methane sulfonamidedecreases expression1
GSK-J4increases expression1
methylmercuric chloridedecreases expression1
triphenyl phosphateaffects expression1
bisphenol Aincreases expression1
hydroxyhydroquinoneincreases expression1
methylparabenincreases expression1
tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl)phosphateincreases expression1
ferrous chlorideincreases expression1
2,3-bis(3’-hydroxybenzyl)butyrolactoneaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
nickel sulfateincreases expression1
S-(1,2-dichlorovinyl)cysteinedecreases reaction, increases expression1
avobenzoneincreases expression1
4-(5-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-4-pyridin-2-yl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzamideaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
nutlin 3affects cotreatment, increases expression1
Grape Seed Proanthocyanidinsaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
dorsomorphinaffects cotreatment, decreases expression1
NSC 689534affects binding, increases expression1
PCI 5002affects cotreatment, increases expression1
Sunitinibdecreases expression1
Ethanoldecreases expression1
Catechinaffects cotreatment, increases expression1
Copperaffects binding, increases expression1

ChEMBL screening assays

3 unique, capped per target: 3 binding

Representative assays (with source publication via chembl_document):

Assay IDTypeDescriptionSource paper
CHEMBL4605996BindingInhibition of human 6His-tagged OTUD1 CD (270 to 481 residues) expressed in Escherichia coli assessed as cleavage of Ubiquitin-Rhodamine110-glycine to Ubiquitin and Rhodamine110-glycine using Ubiquitin-Rhodamine110-glycine as substrate by fDiscovery of Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Inhibitors of USP7 with In Vivo Antitumor Activity. — J Med Chem

Cellosaurus cell lines

2 cell lines: 2 cancer cell line

First 10 cell lines (id-ordered, not curated):

CellosaurusNameCategorySex
CVCL_TB70HAP1 OTUD1 (-) 1Cancer cell lineMale
CVCL_TB71HAP1 OTUD1 (-) 2Cancer cell lineMale

Clinical trials (associated diseases)

0 trials via MONDO — disease-level, not drug-specific.

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