Foldit Puzzles
Play puzzles to help scientific research and compete with other players. New puzzles are posted every week.
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This puzzle challenges players to design a single-chain protein with 75-90 residues. We've softened the penalties associated with the Core Existence filter, which have typically been very steep. The starting structure has 75 residues, but more can be added at a cost of 23 points per residue. See the puzzle comments for filter details. The Baker Lab will run folding predictions on your solutions for this puzzle, and those that perform well will be synthesized in the lab. Remember, you can use the Upload for Scientists button for up to 5 designs that you want us to look at, even if they are not the best-scoring solutions!
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Closed
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This is the first official small molecule design puzzle. The goal is to change the ligand in the center of the protein to find better inhibitors of HIV protease. Use the Ligand Design tool in the selection interface (or the "Ligand Design" mode in the original interface) to alter the chemical identity of the inhibitor. See the blog post for more information on the puzzle and small molecule design.
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This puzzle challenges players to design a single-chain protein with 85-105 residues. We've softened the penalties associated with the Core Existence filter, which have typically been very steep. The starting structure has 85 residues, but more can be added at a cost of 23 points per residue. See the puzzle comments for filter details. The Baker Lab will run folding predictions on your solutions for this puzzle, and those that perform well will be synthesized in the lab. Remember, you can use the Upload for Scientists button for up to 5 designs that you want us to look at, even if they are not the best-scoring solutions!
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Closed
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over 8 years
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This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. This protein helps to regulate oxidation in the cell; the starting structure is a model produced by Rosetta. This protein contains four cysteine residues, but in this state only two of them are expected to oxidize to form a single disulfide bond. We are revisiting old Foldit puzzles so we can see how useful the recent additions to the game have been.
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This puzzle challenges players to design a single-chain protein with 65-75 residues. We've softened the penalties associated with the Core Existence filter, which have typically been very steep. The starting structure has 65 residues, but more can be added at a cost of 23 points per residue. See the puzzle comments for filter details. The Baker Lab will run folding predictions on your solutions for this puzzle, and those that perform well will be synthesized in the lab. Remember, you can use the Upload for Scientists button for up to 5 designs that you want us to look at, even if they are not the best-scoring solutions!
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Closed
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over 8 years
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This small protein is involved in signaling within the immune system. In this experimental puzzle you will have 250 moves at your disposal. Once you use them up, you can reset and try something else!
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Closed
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over 8 years
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This is a throwback puzzle to the early days of Foldit. Ubiquitin is a well-known protein that helps to regulate the natural turnover of proteins in the cell, and this starting structure is a model of the protein produced by Rosetta. We are revisiting old Foldit puzzles so we can see how useful the recent additions to the game have been.
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This small signaling protein is found in lymphoid tissue and participates in the immune response by attracting white blood cells.
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This puzzle challenges players to design a single-chain protein with 95-120 residues. We've adjusted the scoring function here so that alanine residues are more tolerable in loops (they are still restricted in helices and sheets!). The starting structure has 95 residues, but more can be added at a cost of 23 points per residue. See the puzzle comments for filter details. The Baker Lab will run folding predictions on your solutions for this puzzle, and those that perform well will be synthesized in the lab. Remember, you can use the Upload for Scientists button for up to 5 designs that you want us to look at, even if they are not the best-scoring solutions!
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Closed since over 8 years ago
This is a follow-up puzzle for Puzzle 1420, now with Predicted Contacts to help guide your folding! See the blog for information on using the contact map. You can see the predicted contacts for this protein by clicking the Contact Map button in the Main menu (Selection Interface) or in the Actions tab (Classic Interface). You will notice that different contacts are shown in different shades of green, with brighter green contacts indicating stronger predictions. Players will be able to load in manual saves from Puzzle 1420 and use them as a starting point here.