Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables microtubule severing ATPase activity. Acts upstream of or within microtubule severing and spermatogenesis. Located in microtubule cytoskeleton. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; genitourinary system; liver; lung; and spleen. Orthologous to human KATNAL1 (katanin catalytic subunit A1 like 1).