Question

Glycosylation (“gly-KAH-sih-LAY-shun”) of this enzyme’s serine-529 attenuates its activity, conferring a growth advantage to tumor cells with higher glycosylation rates. AKT (“act”) stabilizes tetramers of overrepresented “platelet” subunits of this enzyme in tumors that upregulate its activity to adapt to hypoxia (“hy-POX-ee-uh”). In normal tissues, this enzyme contains varying numbers of platelet, muscle, and liver subunits. (-5[1])Insulin-activated protein phosphatase (“FOSS-fuh-tace”) activates the second isoform of this enzyme to create an allosteric activator of this enzyme’s first isoform. The reaction catalyzed by this enzyme is reversed by FBPase (-5[1])(“F-B-P-ace”). This enzyme’s main (10[1])isoform is allosterically (10[1])activated by AMP (10[1])and (-5[1])phosphate or (10[2])inhibited by citrate (10[1]-5[1])and ATP to prevent a futile cycle with gluconeogenesis (“GLOO-koh-NEE-oh-jen-eh-sis”). For 10 points, name this enzyme that catalyzes the (-5[1])first (10[1]-5[2])[emphasize] committed (10[1]-5[1])step (-5[2])of glycolysis (-5[1])by phosphorylating (-5[1])fructose-6-phosphate. (0[1]) (10[5]0[4]) ■END■

ANSWER: phosphofructokinase [or PFK; accept PFK-1 or PFK-2]
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2357%0%52%108.31

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey ChenCornell AMaryland A52-5
Jacob EgolDuke AChicago A82-5
Vivek SasseChicago BFlorida A8510
Eric WolfsbergStanford AOhio State A8810
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BNYU A9110
Dan NiCornell BMIT A92-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AColumbia A9410
Jacob Van OorschotMcGill AYale B9410
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AFlorida B9710
Mazin OmerHarvard AChicago C97-5
Jason HongBrown AGeorgia Tech A115-5
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AVirginia A116-5
Matt SchiavonePurdue ARutgers B116-5
Daniel SheinbergYale AWUSTL A11610
Noah ChenColumbia BJohns Hopkins A11810
Raul PassementTexas AToronto A118-5
Neal JoshiWUSTL BClaremont A119-5
Joelle SmartRutgers APenn State A119-5
Enoch YuenImperial AHouston A121-5
Maxwell YeMinnesota AUC Berkeley A123-5
Kevin ParkClaremont AWUSTL B1240
Nathan SheffieldMIT ACornell B12510
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BIllinois A12510
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AIndiana A12510
John BroussardHouston AImperial A1250
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech ABrown A1250
Caleb KendrickMaryland ACornell A1250
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AMinnesota A12510
Benjamin WeinerMinnesota BMichigan A12510
Alex SchmidtPenn State ARutgers A1250