E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase which ubiquitinates itself in cooperation with an E2 enzyme UBE2D2/UBC4 and serves as a targeting signal for proteasomal degradation. May play a role in regulation of neuronal functions and may also participate in the formation or breakdown of abnormal inclusions in neurodegenerative disorders. May act as a regulator of synaptic vesicle exocytosis by controlling the availability of SNAP25 for the SNARE complex formation.
Subcellular locations: Cytoplasm, Cell projection, Dendrite, Cytoplasmic vesicle, Secretory vesicle, Synaptic vesicle, Synapse, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton
Enriched at synaptic terminals where it exists in a soluble form and a synaptic vesicle-associated form. Associated with the cytoskeleton (By similarity). Found in proximal dendrites of pyramidal neurons in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and Purkinje cells in the cerebellum .
Brain. Highly expressed in the cerebral cortex (at protein level). Severely decreased in the affected brain areas in Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.