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c-MOS, a MAP kinase kinase kinase, is a regulator of oocyte maturation. The concentration of c-MOS is controlled in part through its conditional degradation. Previous studies proposed the "second-codon rule", according to which the N-terminal proline (Pro) of c-MOS is a destabilizing residue that targets c-MOS for degradation. We analyzed the degradation signal (degron) of c-MOS in Xenopus oocytes, found it to be a portable degron, and demonstrated that, contrary to the model above, the N-terminal Pro residue of c-MOS is entirely dispensable for its degradation if Ser-2 (encoded Ser-3) of c-MOS is replaced by a small non-phosphorylatable residue such as Gly. The dependence of c-MOS degradation on N-terminal Pro is shown to be caused by a Pro-mediated downregulation of the net phosphorylation of Ser-2, a modification that halts c-MOS degradation in oocytes. Thus, the N-terminal Pro residue of c-MOS is not a recognition determinant for a ubiquitin ligase, in agreement with earlier evidence that Pro is a stabilizing residue in the N-end rule.
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