UBL3 ubiquitin like 3 [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: UBL3provided by HGNC
Official Full Name: ubiquitin like 3provided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:12504
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000122042 MIM:604711; AllianceGenome:HGNC:12504
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: HCG-1; PNSC1
Summary: Located in extracellular exosome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Ubiquitous expression in brain (RPKM 38.2), stomach (RPKM 32.6) and 25 other tissues See more
Orthologs: mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 13q12.3

Exon count:: 7

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	13	NC_000013.11 (29764371..29850617, complement)
RS_2024_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	13	NC_060937.1 (28987070..29073260, complement)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	13	NC_000013.10 (30338508..30424754, complement)

Chromosome 13 - NC_000013.11 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

PDE6D Mediates Trafficking of Prenylated Proteins NIM1K and UBL3 to Primary Cilia.
Title: PDE6D Mediates Trafficking of Prenylated Proteins NIM1K and UBL3 to Primary Cilia.
Ubiquitin-like 3 as a new protein-sorting factor for small extracellular vesicles.
Title: Ubiquitin-like 3 as a new protein-sorting factor for small extracellular vesicles.
Identification of a potential tumor suppressor gene, UBL3, in non-small cell lung cancer.
Title: Identification of a potential tumor suppressor gene, UBL3, in non-small cell lung cancer.
We have identified three novel loci (PDE7B, UBL3, and a new independent marker in CDKN2B-AS1) associated with BRCAX, and replicated previously reported SNPs (24 of 92) and moderate/high-penetrance (seven of 23) genes for Korean BRCAX. For the novel candidate loci, evidence supported their roles in regulatory function
Title: BRCA1/2-negative, high-risk breast cancers (BRCAX) for Asian women: genetic susceptibility loci and their potential impacts.
posttranslational modification factor that regulates protein sorting to small extracellular vesicles
Title: UBL3 modification influences protein sorting to small extracellular vesicles.
Clinical trial of gene-disease association and gene-environment interaction. (HuGE Navigator)
Title: Personalized smoking cessation: interactions between nicotine dose, dependence and quit-success genotype score.

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Phenotypes

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EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
A genome-wide association study for reading and language abilities in two population cohorts. EBI GWAS Catalog EBI GWAS CatalogPubMed
Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for biliary atresia on 10q24.2. EBI GWAS Catalog EBI GWAS CatalogPubMed

Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

D13S830E (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:39176

D13S1133 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:153673

A008Y32 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:21323

D13S1214E (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:153945

STS-R68992 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:62563

SHGC-2665 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:37810

WI-16690 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:71910

RH80533 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:89593

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables protein binding	IPI Inferred from Physical Interaction more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in extracellular exosome	HDA more info	PubMed
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: ubiquitin-like protein 3

Names: MUB; hsMUB; membrane-anchored ubiquitin-fold protein; protein HCG-1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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