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USP28 (Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 28) is an enzyme. The public catalogues list it as a DNA repair gene, and the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Prostate cancer. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Deubiquitinase involved in DNA damage response checkpoint and MYC proto-oncogene stability. Involved in DNA damage induced apoptosis by specifically deubiquitinating proteins of the DNA damage pathway such as CLSPN. Also involved in G2 DNA damage checkpoint, by deubiquitinating CLSPN, and preventing its degradation by the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). In contrast, it does not deubiquitinate PLK1. Specifically deubiquitinates MYC in the nucleoplasm, leading to prevent MYC degradation by the proteasome: acts by specifically interacting with isoform 1 of FBXW7 (FBW7alpha) in the nucleoplasm and counteracting ubiquitination of MYC by the SCF(FBW7) complex. In contrast, it does not interact with isoform 4 of FBXW7 (FBW7gamma) in the nucleolus, allowing MYC degradation and explaining the selective MYC degradation in the nucleolus. Location: Nucleus, nucleoplasm (UniProt). Locus 11q23.2 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315)
Class: enzyme · Gene: USP28 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"USP28" OR ABSTRACT:"USP28" OR TITLE:"ubiquitin specific peptidase 28" OR ABSTRACT:"ubiquitin specific peptidase 28" OR TITLE:"Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 28" OR ABSTRACT:"Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 28" OR TITLE:"KIAA1515" OR ABSTRACT:"KIAA1515") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about USP28, not a curated reading list.

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