2569: Revisiting Puzzle 93: Spider Toxin

Closed since about 1 year ago

Summary

• Created: February 05, 2025
• Expires: February 12, 2025 at 18:00 UTC
• Max points: 100

Description

This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. This small toxin is produced from the funnel-web spider A. aperta, and induces paralysis in insects by blocking calcium channels. This protein contains eight cysteines that oxidize to form four disulfide bonds. 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: KKKCIAKDYGRCKWGGTPCCRGRGCICSIMGTNCECKPRLIMEGLGLA

Top groups

• 11. BOINC@Poland 1 pt. 8,865
• 12. BIOTF345 1 pt. 7,955
• 13. BIOF215 1 pt. 7,549

Top soloists

• 91. MurkhoffCorp 1 pt. 1,361

Comments

[WBarme1234]

Again a wrong puzzle number - double used 2565!

[LociOiling]

in the grasp of the grass spider: https://foldit.fandom.com/wiki/Revisiting_puzzle/93:_Spider_Toxin

[beta_helix]

Sorry, we had a server hiccup last week and we thought we had addressed all the issues stemming from it