NCIt synonyms : Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 6 wt Allele; TRE-2 Gene; Proto-Oncogene TRE-2; Ubiquitin Specific Protease 6 Gene; TRE17; Tre-2; TRE2; HRP1; Tre-2 Oncogene Gene; TRESMCR; Ubiquitin Specific Protease 6 (Tre-2 Oncogene) Gene; Ubiquitin Specific Peptidase 6 (Tre-2 Oncogene) Gene; TRE Oncogene, Smith Magenis Syndrome Chromosome Region Gene;
NCIt definition : Human USP6 wild-type allele is located within 17p13 and is approximately 47 kb in
length. This allele, which encodes ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 6 protein,
is involved in protein binding and the cleavage of free ubiquitin chains. The USP6
gene is overexpressed in a specific osseous neoplasm termed an aneurysmal bone cyst.;
NCIt note : In aneurysmal bone cysts, the USP6 gene is translocated to one of five locations.
Translocation results in promoter swapping and, subsequently, overexpression of this
gene.; Evolutionarily, the USP6 gene is derived from the chimeric fusion of codons 1 to 496
of the TBC1D3 gene and codons 501 to 1406 of the USP32 gene and exists only in Homininae
primates. (OMIM);