2564: Revisiting Puzzle 92: Bacteria

Closed since about 1 year ago

Summary

• Created: January 29, 2025
• Expires: February 05, 2025 at 18:00 UTC
• Max points: 100

Description

This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. In the struggle for limited resources, some strains of the bacteria E. coli produce a potent toxin to fight off competing strains. This small immunity protein protects the aggressor E. coli from falling victim to its own toxin. We are revisiting old Foldit puzzles so we can see how useful the recent additions to the game have been, and to provide newer players with easier puzzles that are still scientifically relevant.

• Sequence: LKHSISDYTEAEFLQLVTTICNADTSSEEELVKLVTHFEEMTEHPSGSDLIYYPKEGDDDSPSGIVNTVKQWRAANGKSGFKQ

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Comments

[LociOiling]

back to bacteria: https://foldit.fandom.com/wiki/Revisiting_puzzle/92:_Bacteria

(There was previously a puzzle 2564, but we don't talk about it. The number was recycled for this puzzle, which is totally, totally different.)

[WBarme1234]

Yes indeed, previous puzzle 2564 is gone - very bad numbering policy lately:
Puzzle 2564 (Revisiting Puzzle 91) Virus Protein.