Description : (at1g79330 : 298.0) 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.; metacaspase 5 (MC5); FUNCTIONS IN: cysteine-type endopeptidase activity; INVOLVED IN: induction of apoptosis; LOCATED IN: chloroplast; EXPRESSED IN: root; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: Peptidase C14, caspase catalytic (InterPro:IPR011600); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: metacaspase 4 (TAIR:AT1G79340.1); Has 1246 Blast hits to 1206 proteins in 288 species: Archae - 3; Bacteria - 374; Metazoa - 2; Fungi - 283; Plants - 322; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 262 (source: NCBI BLink). & (reliability: 596.0) & (original description: no original description)
Condition specificity: 6 h after dark (SPM: 0.64, entropy: 2.25, tau: 0.5)