Predicted to enable thiol-dependent deubiquitinase. Predicted to be involved in protein deubiquitination and ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Y-linked spermatogenic failure 2. Orthologous to human USP9Y (ubiquitin specific peptidase 9 Y-linked). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]