Placeholder image of a protein
Icon representing a puzzle

Beginner Puzzle (<150): Potato Multicystatin

Closed since over 13 years ago

Beginner Beginner

Summary

Created
July 18, 2012
Expires
Max points
100
Description

This is a Beginner puzzle for new players that have recently completed the Intro Puzzles. The starting model is completely wrong, can you use the Foldit tools you just learned to fix the model and match the guide? For players with fewer than 150 global points.

Top groups

  1. Avatar for Gargleblasters
    1. Gargleblasters
    100 pts. 10,114
  2. Avatar for Go Science 2. Go Science 81 pts. 9,371
  3. Avatar for Geekdo 3. Geekdo 65 pts. 9,139
  4. Avatar for Brony@Home 4. Brony@Home 52 pts. 9,073
  5. Avatar for Richard Dawkins Foundation 5. Richard Dawkins Foundation 41 pts. 9,067
  6. Avatar for L'Alliance Francophone 6. L'Alliance Francophone 32 pts. 9,057
  7. Avatar for Void Crushers 7. Void Crushers 24 pts. 8,970
  8. Avatar for SETIKAH@KOREA 8. SETIKAH@KOREA 18 pts. 8,849
  9. Avatar for Team China 9. Team China 14 pts. 8,801
  10. Avatar for Argentina 10. Argentina 10 pts. 8,720
  1. Avatar for photoelectric 21. photoelectric Lv 1 64 pts. 9,129
  2. Avatar for gswmwl 22. gswmwl Lv 1 63 pts. 9,094
  3. Avatar for caudula 23. caudula Lv 1 61 pts. 9,079
  4. Avatar for hiig 24. hiig Lv 1 60 pts. 9,073
  5. Avatar for fla_ 25. fla_ Lv 1 59 pts. 9,057
  6. Avatar for rinze 26. rinze Lv 1 57 pts. 9,052
  7. Avatar for Jpilkington 27. Jpilkington Lv 1 56 pts. 9,017
  8. Avatar for hada 28. hada Lv 1 55 pts. 8,996
  9. Avatar for erhi 29. erhi Lv 1 53 pts. 8,985
  10. Avatar for rwillett 30. rwillett Lv 1 52 pts. 8,970

Comments

beta_helix Staff Lv 1

If you are new to Foldit, here are detailed instructions to get you started:
http://fold.it/portal/node/988864

HINT: If you are having trouble with this puzzle, try using the "Align Guide" tool:

By right clicking on a region of the protein (not the guide) it will pull up a menu with 6 tools. The bottom right one is "Align Guide". Clicking on it will align the native guide to the region of the protein you selected.
This will help you see what sections on your protein correspond to the guide!

Working with the guide is much more user friendly when you use the advanced viewing options.
In the game click on Menu->General Options and select "Show Advanced GUI" and click Done.
Click on View, turn on 'Show Outline,' set the background color to white, and view stubs on the sidechains, view the guide, and set color relative to guide. Turn all the other view options off."

For even more info: http://foldit.wikia.com/wiki/Tlaloc%27s_Strategy#Technique_for_Matching_a_Guide