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2740: Revisiting Puzzle 79: Pheromone

Closed since 18 days ago

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Summary

Created: March 18, 2026
Expires: March 25, 2026 at 18:00 UTC
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

Top groups

1. Go Science
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2. Anthropic Dreams 65 pts. 10,468
3. L'Alliance Francophone 41 pts. 10,437
4. VeFold 24 pts. 10,343
5. Contenders 14 pts. 10,315
6. Australia 7 pts. 10,314
7. FamilyBarmettler 4 pts. 10,253
8. Void Crushers 2 pts. 10,116
9. Marvin's bunch 1 pt. 8,916
10. BOINC@Poland 1 pt. 8,609

1. Serca Lv 1
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2. bravosk8erboy Lv 1 94 pts. 10,497
3. akaaka Lv 1 88 pts. 10,483
4. LociOiling Lv 1 83 pts. 10,465
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6. nicobul Lv 1 73 pts. 10,437
7. gmn Lv 1 68 pts. 10,407
8. Wanderer09 Lv 1 63 pts. 10,389
9. Bruno Kestemont Lv 1 59 pts. 10,382
10. NinjaGreg Lv 1 55 pts. 10,371

Comments

LociOiling Lv 1

I moan, you moan, we all moan for pher[eo]mone: https://foldit.fandom.com/wiki/Revisiting_puzzle/79:_Pheromone

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.