AmiGO 2: Term Details for "microtubule severing" (GO:0051013)

Accession: GO:0051013
Name: microtubule severing
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: microtubule severing activity
Alternate IDs: None
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: None
History: See term history for GO:0051013 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to microtubule severing (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to microtubule severing (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for microtubule severing (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
microtubule severing	is_a	microtubule cytoskeleton organization (GO:0000226)
microtubule severing	RO:0004009	microtubule (GO:0005874)

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