USP36

Chr 17

ubiquitin specific peptidase 36

Also known as: DUB1

NCBI Gene: 57602ENSG00000055483UniProt: Q9P275

This gene encodes a member of the peptidase C19 or ubiquitin-specific protease family of cysteine proteases. Members of this family remove ubiquitin molecules from polyubiquitinated proteins. The encoded protein may deubiquitinate and stabilize the transcription factor c-Myc, also known as MYC, an important oncoprotein known to be upregulated in most human cancers. The encoded protease may also regulate the activation of autophagy. This gene exhibits elevated expression in some breast and lung cancers. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2016]

0
Active trials
15
Pathogenic / LP
255
ClinVar variants
6
Pubs (1 yr)
-0.4
Missense Z
0.52
LOEUF
Clinical Summary— USP36
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Constrained for loss-of-function variants (OE-LoF 0.35) despite low pLI — interpret in context.
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ClinVar Variants
15 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 198 VUS of 255 total submissions

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Moderate LoF intolerance
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
0.52LOEUF
pLI 0.000
Z-score 4.35
OE 0.35 (0.24–0.52)
Moderately constrained

More LoF-intolerant than ~75% of genes

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
-0.40Z-score
OE missense 1.04 (0.98–1.11)
720 obs / 690.6 exp
Tolerant

Tolerant to missense variation

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.35 (0.24–0.52)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.1.04 (0.98–1.11)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.1.11
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 18 / 51.8Missense obs/exp: 720 / 690.6Syn Z: -1.40
DN
0.7228th %ile
GOF
0.6150th %ile
LOF
0.3843th %ile

The highest-scoring mechanism for this gene is dominant-negative.

DNprediction above median

Note: In-silico variant effect predictors (SIFT, PolyPhen, REVEL, CADD) may underestimate pathogenicity of missense variants in genes with GOF or DN mechanisms. Consider functional evidence and clinical context.

Predictions from Badonyi M, Marsh JA. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(8):e0307312.

ClinVar Variant Classifications

255 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic13
Likely Pathogenic2
VUS198
Likely Benign31
Benign10
Conflicting1
13
Pathogenic
2
Likely Pathogenic
198
VUS
31
Likely Benign
10
Benign
1
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
13
0
13
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
2
0
2
VUS
0
144
54
0
198
Likely Benign
0
16
7
8
31
Benign
0
4
0
6
10
Conflicting
—1
Total01647614255

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

USP36 · protein map & ClinVar variants

Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.

Clinical Trials

Active and recruiting trials from ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov

No active trials found for this gene.

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Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence
Full-Text Mentions
NLP-detected gene mentions in article bodies · via PubTator3
PubTator3
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Key Publications
Landmark & review papers · by relevance
PubMed
Top 5 results · since 2015Search PubMed ↗
Recent Gene-Specific Literature
Gene in title · MEDLINE · newest first
Europe PMC
Top 5 resultsSearch Europe PMC ↗

External Resources

Links to major genomics databases and tools

Franklin by Genoox
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