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733b: Revisiting Puzzle 60: Beta Barrel

Closed since almost 13 years ago

Beginner Overall Prediction

Summary

Created
June 20, 2013
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Max points
100
Description

Here is another puzzle from the early days of Foldit. This protein has 132 residues and is used for cellular import and export. We are revisiting old Foldit puzzles so we can compare results to see how useful the recent additions to the game have been. You can load in your manual saves from Puzzle 733, see the puzzle comments for more details.

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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

If you want to fold proteins, know that there are many way to play and this variety is the main value of Foldit :

  • try all puzzles not only "beginners" one,
  • fold first the ones you like the most,
  • try by yourself to understand what works and what doesn't,
  • ask for tips in global when you think you doesn't understand something.

Make sure you have followed these tutorials:

  • lonely sheets,
  • lock and lower,
  • rebuild,
  • structure and rebuild,
  • control over clashing
    before starting this puzzle.
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Original Puzzle:
http://fold.it/portal/node/267742
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We had to close Puzzle 733 as there was a bug causing cutpoints to misbehave, here is a feedback related to it: http://fold.it/portal/node/995370
This puzzle should behave correctly, no different than normal puzzles.
We apologize for this issue.