Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase activity and thiol-dependent deubiquitinase. Predicted to be involved in protein deubiquitination. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Predicted to be active in cytosol and nucleus. Is expressed in olfactory cortex. Orthologous to human USP24 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 24). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]