Species	Reference gene ID	Possible function	Papers / DOI
Arabidopsis	At1g79340	Cysteine protease that cleaves specifically after arginine or lysine residues.	Calcium-dependent activation and autolysis of Arabidopsis metacaspase 2d.; 2011; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.194340; PMID: 21209078; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21209078/ | Arabidopsis metacaspase 2d is a positive mediator of cell death induced during biotic and abiotic stresses.; 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04554.x; PMID: 21395887; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21395887/
Arabidopsis	At1g79330	Cysteine protease that cleaves specifically after arginine or lysine residues.	Two Arabidopsis metacaspases AtMCP1b and AtMCP2b are arginine/lysine-specific cysteine proteases and activate apoptosis-like cell death in yeast.; 2005; DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m413527200; PMID: 15691845; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15691845/
Arabidopsis	At1g79320	Metacaspase-6.	No verified direct reference in this release
Arabidopsis	At1g79310	Metacaspase-7.	No verified direct reference in this release