NCBI Accession #
NP_173092.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_101508.4
NCBI Official Full Name
metacaspase 8
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA METACASPASE 8; ATMC8; AtMCP2e; F3O9.22; F3O9_22; MCP2e; metacaspase 2e; metacaspase 8
NCBI Protein Information
metacaspase 8
NCBI Summary
Encodes a metacaspase (cysteine-type endopeptidase) that is involved in promoting programmed cell death in response to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), UV light, and methyl viologen (MV). Transcript levels rise in response to UV-C, H2O2, and MV. In vitro assays demonstrate that this enzyme has a preference for cleaving after an arginine residue, and it has a pH optimum of 8.0.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
MCP2E; AtMC8; AtMCP2e
UniProt Protein Name
Metacaspase-8
UniProt Synonym Protein Names
Metacaspase 2e; AtMCP2e
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9SA41
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q683B3
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9SA41
UniProt Comments
Cysteine protease that cleaves specifically after arginine residues. Does not cleave caspase-specific substrates. May be involved in the modulation of programmed cell death activated by oxidative stress.