Contributes to microtubule severing ATPase activity. Involved in microtubule depolymerization. Part of katanin complex. Is expressed in amphid neurons; inner labial neurons; outer labial neurons; and phasmid neurons.
WB Description
F47G4.5 encodes a paralog of MEI-2 that, like MEI-2, binds MEI-1 in vitro; F47G4.5 might thus be an alternative ligand of MEI-1 in vivo.