Rat Ubiquitin Carboxyl Terminal Hydrolase L1,UCHL1 ELI

Ubiquitin-protein hydrolase involved both in the processing of ubiquitin precursors and of ubiquitinated proteins (By similarity).

This enzyme is a thiol protease that recognizes and hydrolyzes a peptide bond at the C-terminal glycine of ubiquitin (By similarity).

Also binds to free monoubiquitin and may prevent its degradation in lysosomes (By similarity).

The homodimer may have ATP-independent ubiquitin ligase activity (By similarity).

{ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P09936, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R0P9}.