Anillin is a protein involved in septin organisation during cell division. It is an actin binding protein that is localised to the cleavage furrow, and it maintains the localisation of active myosin, which ensures the spatial control of concerted contraction during cytokinesis [3].

1: An anillin homologue, Mid2p, acts during fission yeast cytokinesis to organize the septin ring and promote cell separation. Tasto JJ, Morrell JL, Gould KL; J Cell Biol 2003;160:1093-1103. PMID:12668659

2: Mid2p stabilizes septin rings during cytokinesis in fission yeast. Berlin A, Paoletti A, Chang F; J Cell Biol 2003;160:1083-1092. PMID:12654901

3: Anillin is a substrate of anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) that controls spatial contractility of myosin during late cytokinesis. Zhao WM, Fang G; J Biol Chem. 2005;280:33516-33524. PMID:16040610