Katanin-like protein Katnal2 is required for ciliogenesis and brain development in Xenopus embryos.

ABSTRACT: Microtubule remodeling is critical for cellular and developmental processes underlying morphogenetic changes and for the formation of many subcellular structures. Katanins are conserved microtubule severing enzymes that are essential for spindle assembly, ciliogenesis, cell division, and cellular motility. We have recently shown that a related protein, Katanin-like 2 (KATNAL2), is similarly required for cytokinesis, cell cycle progression, and ciliogenesis in cultured mouse cells. However, its developmental expression pattern, localization, and in vivo role during organogenesis have yet to be characterized. Here, we used Xenopus embryos to reveal that Katnal2 (1) is expressed broadly in ciliated and neurogenic tissues throughout embryonic development; (2) is localized to basal bodies, cili

SUBMITTER: Willsey HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143417 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature