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USP32
ubiquitin specific peptidase 32
Chromosome 17 · 17q23.1-q23.2
NCBI Gene: 84669Ensembl: ENSG00000170832.14HGNC: HGNC:19143UniProt: Q8NFA0
54PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
FUNCTIONAL ROLE
Protease
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
cysteine-type deubiquitinase activityprotein bindingpositive regulation of TORC1 signalingGolgi apparatusdiabetes mellitusgastric cancercolorectal carcinomanon-small cell lung carcinoma
✦AI Summary

USP32 is a deubiquitinase that removes conjugated ubiquitin from target proteins, including RAB7A and LAMTOR1 1. Its primary function is to act as a positive regulator of mTORC1 signaling by mediating deubiquitination of LAMTOR1, thereby promoting the association between LAMTOR1 and the lysosomal V-ATPase complex, which subsequently activates the mTORC1 complex 1. As a cysteine-type deubiquitinase localized to the Golgi apparatus, USP32 catalyzes protein deubiquitination through its enzymatic activity and protein-binding interactions. The clinical significance of USP32 remains to be fully elucidated in the provided literature. While related deubiquitinases like USP10 regulate diverse oncogenic pathways—including p53 stability, DNA damage repair, and cancer cell proliferation across multiple tumor types—specific disease relevance and therapeutic implications for USP32 are not documented in the available abstracts. Further investigation is needed to determine whether USP32 dysfunction contributes to malignancy or other pathological conditions, and whether it represents a viable therapeutic target.

Sources cited
1
USP32 deubiquitinates RAB7A and LAMTOR1 and positively regulates mTORC1 signaling by promoting LAMTOR1-V-ATPase association
PMID: 36476874
⚠Limited data available — This gene has 1 indexed publication. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsⓘ20
diabetes mellitusOpen Targets
0.23Weak
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.09Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
non-small cell lung carcinomaOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
acute myeloid leukemiaOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
Blackfan-Diamond anemiaOpen Targets
0.07Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
Adult-onset autosomal recessive sideroblastic anemiaOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
ThrombocytopeniaOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
essential thrombocythemiaOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
Beta-thalassemia - X-linked thrombocytopeniaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
beta-thalassemia-X-linked thrombocytopenia syndromeOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosisOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopeniaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
IRIDA syndromeOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
hemoglobin D diseaseOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Hemoglobin E - beta-thalassemiaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
hemoglobin E-beta-thalassemia syndromeOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
TBC1D3Protein interaction92%TBC1D3BProtein interaction75%USP10Co-mentioned in literature70%OTUB1Shared pathway50%STAMBPL1Shared pathway50%USP17L23Shared pathway50%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Bone Marrow
73%
Lung
57%
Heart
43%
Liver
38%
Ovary
23%
Gene Interaction Network
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USP32TBC1D3TBC1D3BUSP10OTUB1STAMBPL1USP17L23
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q8NFA0
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
0.37Moderately Constrained
pLIⓘ
1.00Intolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.30 [0.24–0.37]
RankingsWhere USP32 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #8,385of 20,598
    Most Researched54
  • #1,765of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.37 · top 10%
Genes detectedUSP32
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
USP10 regulates p53 localization and stability by deubiquitinating p53.
PMID: 20096447
Cell · 2010
1.00
2
USP10/XAB2/ANXA2 axis promotes DNA damage repair to enhance chemoresistance to oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer.
PMID: 40069750
J Exp Clin Cancer Res · 2025
0.90
3
DCAF7 Acts as A Scaffold to Recruit USP10 for G3BP1 Deubiquitylation and Facilitates Chemoresistance and Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.
PMID: 38973296
Adv Sci (Weinh) · 2024
0.80
4
The deubiquitinase USP10 regulates KLF4 stability and suppresses lung tumorigenesis.
PMID: 31748695
Cell Death Differ · 2020
0.70
5
Targeting USP10 induces degradation of oncogenic ANLN in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
PMID: 36526897
Cell Death Differ · 2023
0.60