gene: mei-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables several functions, including ATP binding activity; MATH domain binding activity; and microtubule severing ATPase activity. Involved in several processes, including cytoskeleton organization; female meiotic nuclear division; and negative regulation of meiotic spindle elongation. Located in meiotic spindle pole and nucleus. Part of chromatin and katanin complex. Expressed in ciliated neurons; germ line; and head neurons. Is an ortholog of human KATNA1 (katanin catalytic subunit A1) and KATNAL1 (katanin catalytic subunit A1 like 1).