“…CRMP2 mediates growth cone collapse in response to the repulsive guidance cue semaphorin3A (Sema3A) (Goshima et al, 1995), and CRMP2 and CRMP4 influence neurite outgrowth (Minturn et al, 1995;Quinn et al, 1999Quinn et al, , 2003Yoshimura et al, 2005). Mechanistically, CRMP2 can bind to tubulin heterodimers and organizes microtubule assembly to establish axon-dendrite fate during development (Fukata et al, 2002b;Arimura et al, 2005), and CRMP4 can promote F-actin bundling (Rosslenbroich et al, 2005). Also, a role for CRMP2 in endocytosis has been described previously (Nishimura et al, 2003), and an association between CRMP4b and intersectin, an endocytic-exocytic adaptor protein, is consistent with an endocytic role for this isoform (Quinn et al, 2003).…”