Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity and microtubule-severing ATPase activity. Predicted to be involved in microtubule severing. Predicted to act upstream of or within spermatogenesis. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm; microtubule; and spindle pole. Predicted to be active in microtubule cytoskeleton. Orthologous to human KATNAL1 (katanin catalytic subunit A1 like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]