ReviewThe Journal of cell biology2018
Microtubule-severing enzymes: From cellular functions to molecular mechanism.
Review in The Journal of cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
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- Missense variants in KATNA1 alter microtubule dynamics and underlie dominant macular dystrophy.Research square · 2026Article
- Ketogenic diet as a metabolic vehicle enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of mebendazole and devimistat in juvenile syngeneic high-grade glioma.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Tubulin flux at spastin-induced nanodamage sites regulates microtubule rescue frequency and EB1 lifetimes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- 20 years of taxane therapy in prostate cancer - the past, present and future.Nature reviews. Urology · 2026Review
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- Spastin-mediated severing of glutamylated microtubules controls cardiomyocyte coupling.Nature cardiovascular research · 2026Article
- Katanin-mediated severing generates microtubules during neurite outgrowth.Research square · 2026Article
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- Perinuclear non-centrosomal microtubules direct nuclei dispersion during epithelial morphogenesis.The Journal of cell biology · 2026Article
- Integrated Phylogenomics and Expression Profiling of thePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Function of manchette and intra-manchette transport in spermatogenesis and male fertility.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Review
- Role of Residues Undergoing Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias Mutations: Insights from Simulating the Spiral to Ring Transition in Katanin.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2025Article
- Downregulation of Fidgetin-Like 2 Increases Microglial Function: The Relationship Between Microtubules, Morphology, and Activity.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Unraveling Isoform Complexity: The Roles of M1- and M87-Spastin in Spastic Paraplegia 4 (SPG4).Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025Review
- Cryo-ET suggests tubulin chaperones form a subset of microtubule lumenal particles with a role in maintaining neuronal microtubules.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Tubulin sequence divergence is associated with the use of distinct microtubule regulators.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
- Microtubule-Associated Proteins (MAPs) Are Multifunctional Cytoskeletal Proteins in the Testis That Regulate Spermatogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Microtubule-severing enzymes generate internal breaks in microtubules. They are conserved in eukaryotes from ciliates to mammals, and their function is important in diverse cellular processes ranging from cilia biogenesis to cell division, phototropism, and neurogenesis. Their mutation leads to neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders in humans. All three known microtubule-severing enzymes, katanin, spastin, and fidgetin, are members of the meiotic subfamily of AAA ATPases that also includes VPS4, which disassembles ESCRTIII polymers. Despite their conservation and importance to cell physiology, the cellular and molecular mechanisms of action of microtubule-severing enzymes are not well understood. Here we review a subset of cellular processes that require microtubule-severing enzymes as well as recent advances in understanding their structure, biophysical mechanism, and regulation.
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