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2740: Revisiting Puzzle 79: Pheromone

Closed since 13 days ago

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Summary

Created
March 18, 2026
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Max points
100
Description

This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. This pheromone protein is secreted by the protist E. raikovi to initiate conjugation, the exchange of genetic material between two cells. This protein contains ten cysteine residues that oxidize to form five disulfide bonds. We are revisiting old Foldit puzzles so we can see how useful the recent additions to the game have been.

Sequence
GECEQCFSDGGDCTTCFNNGTGPCANCLAGYPAGCSNSDCTAFLSQCYGGC

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Comments

LociOiling Lv 1

This week's puzzle title is even more messed up than usual.

Misspelling it as "pheremone" has been a feature since 2021, and continues with this revisit.

This week's version also includes the "Revisiting Puzzle 79" part of the title twice.