Term Information

Accession
GO:0051013
Name
microtubule severing
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
microtubule severing activity
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process in which a microtubule is broken down into smaller segments. Severing enzymes remove dimers from the middle of the filament to create new ends, unlike depolymerizing kinesins that use ATP to uncap microtubules at their ends. Source: PMID:27037673, GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0051013 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of microtubule severing (GO:0051013)
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microtubule severing [is_a relation] is_a  microtubule cytoskeleton organization (GO:0000226)

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