Beginner Puzzle: Mini Arabidopsis Multi-Start Puzzle

Summary

Name:

Status:

Closed

Created:

06/20/2013

Points:

Expired:

08/08/2013 - 23:00

Difficulty:

Beginner

Description:

This small unsolved Arabidopsis protein only has 59 residues and negatively controls the biosynthesis of starch in plants and regulates leaf and seed composition. We are giving you 5 starts for this puzzle. Resetting the puzzle will cycle through these 5 Zhang server predictions. They are also in the Alignment Tool so you can use partial threading as well as an extended chain. This version of the puzzle is designed for veteran Foldit players to help new players and is worth 0 global points.

Categories:

Beginner

Rank

Group

Score

Points

SETI.Germany

9,372

Contenders

9,346

Anthropic Dreams

9,278

Richard Dawkins Foundation

9,247

L'Alliance Francophone

9,228

Rank

Player

Group

Score

Points

9,307

9,265

9,210

9,208

9,162

Rank

Player

Group

Score

Points

9,346

9,279

9,278

9,275

9,268

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 05:55

BootsMcGraw 10 7

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Groups: Contenders

Zero points? Seriously?

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 14:36

alwen 43 557

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Groups: Anthropic Dreams

Really?

"...and is worth 0 global points."

Fri, 06/21/2013 - 22:19

katfish 74 1616

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Groups: Cell Biology Fall 2014 with Smith

Just a quick clarification --

Just a quick clarification -- You don't need to actually play the 0 point puzzles, and we aren't necessarily expecting you to! It's simply there as a reference in case you find yourself helping someone new to Foldit.

Wed, 06/26/2013 - 21:10

frood66 40 32

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Groups: Marvin's bunch

but foldit goes under the

but foldit goes under the heading 'game science'.

A game is a competition - any competition is usually settled by points of some sort. So if there are no points (or equivalent) then it no longer qualifies as a game - QED

Sorry - I misunderstood - this is a reference exercise. *facepalm