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1826: Coronavirus Trimmed ORF8 Prediction

Closed since almost 6 years ago

Novice Overall Prediction

Summary

Created
April 16, 2020
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Max points
100
Description

This is a follow-up to Puzzle 1823, but players noticed that the first 15 amino acids are highly predicted to be a signal peptide, so we have trimmed those residues from this puzzle. This protein is encoded in the viral genome of SARS-CoV-2, but the protein's structure is still unknown. If we knew how this protein folds, we might be able to figure out its exact function. Refold this different starting model to find higher-scoring solutions, which will tell us how this protein is most likely to fold!



Sequence:


FHQECSLQSCTQHQPYVVDDPCPIHFYSKWYIRVGARKSAPLIELCVDEAGSKSPIQYIDIGNYTVSCLPFTINCQEPKLGSLVVRCSFYEDFLEYHDVRVVLDFI

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Comments

Formula350 Lv 1

That was my exact thinking. I just had never personally encountered one where (seemingly) arbitrary spaces get replaced like that! lol
I've seen apostrophes, line-breaks, special characters (like accented or other language), but can't say I've seen spaces! :D

I'm admittedly curious what DID end up to be the cause, now that it's fixed! heh

LociOiling Lv 1

Client shows I've soared to #1 on 1826, but website shows Steven Pletsch is still in command.

Something is borken.

beta_helix Staff Lv 1

Unfortunately, we really don't have any additional information about this protein… so we can't be confident one way or another.

I would suggest trying different topologies with and without disulfide bonds.

agcohn821 Staff Lv 1

Hi there! If you're interested in learning more and getting higher scores, I would suggest joining our discord channel to chat with other players and maybe get some helpful pointers!