NCBI Accession #
NP_178051.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_106581.3
NCBI Official Full Name
metacaspase 5
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
AMC6; ATMC5; ATMCP2b; ATMCP2B; MCP2b; metacaspase 2b; metacaspase 5; YUP8H12R.5; YUP8H12R_5
NCBI Protein Information
metacaspase 5
NCBI Summary
Metacaspase AtMCPb2/AMC6. Caspase family protein. Arginine/lysine-specific cysteine protease activity. Induces apoptosis in yeast. Contains Pfam domain, PF00656: ICE-like protease (caspase) p20 domain. 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
AMC6; MCP2B; AtMC5; AtMCP2b
UniProt Protein Name
Metacaspase-5
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Metacaspase 2b; AtMCP2b; Metacaspase-6
UniProt Primary Accession #
O64518
UniProt Related Accession #
O64518
UniProt Comments
Cysteine protease that cleaves specifically after arginine or lysine residues. Does not cleave caspase-specific substrates. May be involved in the modulation of programmed cell death activated by oxidative stress.