Predicted to enable thiol-dependent deubiquitinase. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including negative regulation of ubiquitin protein ligase activity; proteolysis; and regulation of mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Orthologous to human USP44 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 44). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]