UBA1

The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the first step in ubiquitin conjugation to mark cellular proteins for degradation. This gene complements an X-linked mouse temperature-sensitive defect in DNA synthesis, and thus may function in DNA repair. It is part of a gene cluster on chromosome Xp11.23. Alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode the same protein have been described. [provided by RefSeq]

UBA1

Catalyzes the first step in ubiquitin conjugation to mark cellular proteins for degradation through the ubiquitin-proteasome system (PubMed:1606621, PubMed:1447181, PubMed:33108101).
Activates ubiquitin by first adenylating its C-terminal glycine residue with ATP, and thereafter linking this residue to the side chain of a cysteine residue in E1, yielding a ubiquitin-E1 thioester and free AMP (PubMed:1447181).
Essential for the formation of radiation-induced foci, timely DNA repair and for response to replication stress. Promotes the recruitment of TP53BP1 and BRCA1 at DNA damage sites (PubMed:22456334).

Biological Process cellular response to DNA damage stimulus Source:UniProtKB1 Publication
Biological Process protein modification by small protein conjugation Source:GO_Central1 Publication
Biological Process protein ubiquitination Source:GO_Central1 Publication
Biological Process ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process Source:GO_Central1 Publication

Cytoplasm
Mitochondrion
Nucleus
Isoform 1
Nucleus
Isoform 2
Cytoplasm

Spinal muscular atrophy X-linked 2 (SMAX2):
A lethal infantile form of spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disorder characterized by degeneration of the anterior horn cells of the spinal cord, leading to symmetrical muscle weakness and atrophy. Clinical features include hypotonia, areflexia, and multiple congenital contractures.
VEXAS syndrome (VEXAS):
A sporadic, often fatal, treatment-refractory inflammatory syndrome that develops in late adulthood. Clinical features include fevers, cytopenias, characteristic vacuoles in myeloid and erythroid precursor cells, dysplastic bone marrow, neutrophilic cutaneous and pulmonary inflammation, chondritis, and vasculitis. The disease affects only males and is associated with de novo somatic mutations.

ISGylated.