title: Linking Separase to Microtubule Dynamics.
abstract: The Arabidopsis separase homolog, AtESP, associates with microtubules and affects cell polarity but does not bind microtubules directly. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Moschou et al. (2016) show that AtESP teams up with the CENP-E kinesin Kin7 to promote microtubule stabilization, an activity independent of separase proteolytic activity.
authors.affiliation: ZMPB, University of Tübingen, Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: sabine.mueller@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D064247:Separase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D064247:Separase