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Facts about Abnormal spindle-like microcephaly-associated protein homolog.
Enhances the microtubule lattice severing activity of KATNA1 by recruiting the katanin complex to microtubules. Can block microtubule minus-end expansion and reversely this function can be improved by the katanin complex (PubMed:28436967).
| Mouse | |
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| Gene Name: | Aspm |
| Uniprot: | Q8CJ27 |
| Entrez: | 12316 |

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| No superfamily |

asp (abnormal spindle) homolog, microcephaly associated (Drosophila); Asp homolog; ASP; Calmbp1; FLJ43117; MCPH5DKFZp686N06184; microcephaly associated (Drosophila); microcephaly, primary autosomal recessive 5
Mass (kDA):
364.218 kDA

| Mouse | |
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| Location: | 1|1 E4-F |
| Sequence: | 1; |
Expressed in fetal brain, peripheral nervous system, liver and spleen. In the adult, expressed exclusively in testis, ovary and spleen.



PMID: 12355089 by Bond J., et al. ASPM is a major determinant of cerebral cortical size.
PMID: 15972725 by Kouprina N., et al. The microcephaly ASPM gene is expressed in proliferating tissues and encodes for a mitotic spindle protein.