The Cdc25p and Sdc25p proteins were the first members of the family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors to be identified. These proteins promote the formation of active RasGTP complex from inactive RasGDP complex by exchange of GDP for GTP. Therefore Cdc25p which is the main positive regulator of Ras, regulates through Ras the activity of adenylate cyclase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The amino-terminal part of Cdc25p has a sequence similar to the cyclin destruction box (CDB) of mitotic cyclins. This sequence has been reported to be required for ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis. In this study we show that Cdc25p is an unstable polypeptide with a half-life of 15-20 min. Its instability depends upon the presence of the CDB which can also confer instability to other proteins. Degradation of Cdc25p and CDB containing -galactosidase was found to be independent of various cell cycle arrest points. The fast degradation of Cdc25p opens the possibility that Ras and the cAMP cascade in yeast are directly modulated by the cellular content of the guanine nucleotide exchange factor rather than variation in activity or localization control.

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