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Character profile for USP8
Accessible text equivalent of the visual Iconoplasm character card.
- Gene identity
- USP8 — ubiquitin specific peptidase 8
- Card color mapping
- Hex color: #242327 → Card color name: Spinel Black
- Letter-to-hue mapping
- Letter: U → Hue: amethyst
- HPA tau-to-vibrance mapping
- HPA tau: 0.22 → Character vibrance: low vibrance
- gnomAD LOEUF-to-shade mapping
- gnomAD LOEUF: 0.28 → Character shade: dark shade
- Emulsion number
- A1-17279
- Gene family-to-character trait mapping
- Gene family: USP → Character family trait: Raven wings
- Molecular category-to-character sex mapping
- Molecular category: soluble → Character sex: female
- First-noted-to-character-age mapping
- First noted: 1994 → Character age: 26 y.o.
- Molecular-mass-to-character-mass mapping
- Molecular mass: 128 kDa → Character mass: 128 kg
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Cysteine Peptidase → Character aesthetic: White Goth
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: Phosphatase → Character aesthetic: Metrosexual
- PFAM-clan-to-character-aesthetic mapping
- PFAM clan: WW → Character aesthetic: Mod Revival
- Molecular-alignment-to-character-alignment mapping
- Molecular alignment: oncogene → Character alignment: pro-growth
full name
ubiquitin specific peptidase 8gene name
USP8
ubiquitin specific peptidase 8
ICONOPLASM HUMAN GENE REGISTRY / ACCESSION SHEET 03
family trait
Raven wings
qc
pending review
field notes
category
female
first noted
1994
26 y.o.
mass
128kDakg
pfam clans
Cysteine Peptidase
White Goth
Phosphatase
Metrosexual
WW
Mod Revival
alignment
pro-growth
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