KATANIN-mediated microtubule severing is required for MTOC organisation and function in Marchantia polymorpha.

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Microtubule organising centres (MTOCs) are sites of localised microtubule nucleation in eukaryotic cells. Regulation of microtubule dynamics often involves KATANIN (KTN): a microtubule severing enzyme that cuts microtubules to generate new negative ends, leading to catastrophic depolymerisation. In Arabidopsis thaliana, KTN is required for the organisation of microtubules in the cell cortex, preprophase band,...

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