UBA6

UBA6
Identifiers
Aliases	UBA6, E1-L2, MOP-4, UBE1L2, ubiquitin like modifier activating enzyme 6
External IDs	OMIM: 611361; MGI: 1913894; GeneCards: UBA6
Enzyme activity
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)
End	67,701,155 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End	86,320,662 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	oocyte; ; epithelium of nasopharynx; ; Achilles tendon; ; gingival epithelium; ; germinal epithelium; ; mucosa of paranasal sinus; ; endothelial cell; ; ventricular zone; ; corpus callosum; ; oral cavity;
	Top expressed in
	otic vesicle; ; hand; ; spermatogonium; ; trigeminal ganglion; ; primitive streak; ; superior cervical ganglion; ; otolith organ; ; maxillary prominence; ; utricle; ; pineal gland;
	More reference expression data
	; ; ; ;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	FAT10 activating enzyme activity; nucleotide binding; ligase activity; protein binding; ATP binding; ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme activity; ubiquitin activating enzyme activity;
Cellular component	cytosol; cytoplasm;
Biological process	dendritic spine development; amygdala development; learning; hippocampus development; ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process; locomotory behavior; protein ubiquitination; cellular response to DNA damage stimulus; protein modification by small protein conjugation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	55236
	231380
	ENSG00000033178
	ENSMUSG00000035898
	A0AVT1; H0Y9U5
	Q8C7R4
	NM_018227
	NM_172712
	NP_060697
	NP_766300
	Wikidata
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Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UBA6 gene (previously UBE1L2).^[5]^[6] This enzyme functions to activate ubiquitin through adenylation.^[7]

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000033178 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000035898 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ Pelzer C, Kassner I, Matentzoglu K, Singh RK, Wollscheid HP, Scheffner M, Schmidtke G, Groettrup M (Aug 2007). "UBE1L2, a novel E1 enzyme specific for ubiquitin". J Biol Chem. 282 (32): 23010–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.C700111200. PMID 17580310.
↑ "Entrez Gene: UBE1L2 ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1-like 2".
↑ "Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 6". uniprot.org. UniProt consortium. Retrieved 2026-09-13.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000033178 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000035898 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid17580310-5] Pelzer C, Kassner I, Matentzoglu K, Singh RK, Wollscheid HP, Scheffner M, Schmidtke G, Groettrup M (Aug 2007). "UBE1L2, a novel E1 enzyme specific for ubiquitin". J Biol Chem. 282 (32): 23010–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.C700111200. PMID 17580310.

[entrez-6] "Entrez Gene: UBE1L2 ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1-like 2".

[uniprot-7] "Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 6". uniprot.org. UniProt consortium. Retrieved 2026-09-13.

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