Get answers to your questions about foldit

Started by Tlaloc

luckily77777 Lv 1

i see all kind of recipes that compress the protein structure and mutate it, but none that expand the protein … how do i find a recipe that pulls an overly compressed protein apart?

Crashguard303 Lv 1

…is, that there is an in-game band length limit of 20, so you can only push segments apart which are close enough to each other, so you can't do a long push or turn compressed puzzles to a denovo puzzle with only one band.

rav3n_pl, Tlaloc, some others and me already asked about increasing the maximum bandlength via feedback suggestions.

birefringent Lv 1

I don't understand puzzle selection. It seems like all the puzzles that have more than one contestant are closed or inactive. I don't know if any of this is helping with real science so I'm stuck just competing. I would like competition on more than beginner stuff. Help

Also once you select something other than the impulse buy (405,407,408) at the first display of the main menu there seems to be no way to get back to that choice without quiting foldit and restarting it. Is there?

I would really rather compete with a puzzle that will actually do some good.