126: Ethanolamine Utilization Puzzle

Closed since about 17 years ago

Summary

• Created: March 11, 2009
• Expires: February 20, 2009 at 23:00 UTC
• Max points: 100

Description

The goal of this puzzle is to build a high-quality model of the ethanolamine utilization protein from the bacteria Escherichia coli. This protein allows bacteria with this protein to metabolize ethanolamine and use it in constructing cell walls and cell membranes. The C-terminus of this protein is disordered in the starting model, but the rest of the protein is fairly close to the correct answer.

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