NCBI Accession #
NP_178052.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_106582.4
NCBI Official Full Name
metacaspase 4
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
AtMC4; AtMCP2d; MCP2d; metacaspase 2d; metacaspase 4; YUP8H12R.4; YUP8H12R_4
NCBI Protein Information
metacaspase 4
NCBI Summary
Encodes MCP2d, the predominant and constitutively expressed member of type II metacaspases (MCPs). MCP2d plays a positive regulatory role in biotic and abiotic stress-induced programmed cell death (PCD). Arabidopsis contains three type I MCP genes (MCP1a-c) and six type II MCP genes (MCP2a#Aeif): AtMCP1a/At5g64240, AtMCP1b/At1g02170, AtMCP1c/At4g25110, AtMCP2a/At1g79310, AtMCP2b/At1g79330, AtMCP2c/At1g79320, AtMCP2d/At1g79340, AtMCP2e/At1g16420, AtMCP2f/At5g04200.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
AMC7; MCP2D; AtMC4; AtMCP2d
UniProt Protein Name
Metacaspase-4
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Metacaspase 2d; AtMCP2d
UniProt Primary Accession #
O64517
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q7XBI1
UniProt Related Accession #
O64517
UniProt Comments
Cysteine protease that cleaves specifically after arginine or lysine residues. Does not cleave caspase-specific substrates. Plays a positive regulatory role in biotic and abiotic stress-induced programmed cell death.