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2713: Revisiting Puzzle 69: Scorpion Toxin

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Intermediate Overall Prediction

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Created
January 14, 2026
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This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. This scorpion toxin binds to voltage-gated ion channels in insects, resulting in full-body paralysis. The protein contains eight cysteine residues 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.

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