Question

Pyridoxal phosphate acts as a coenzyme that helps convert one of these molecules to pyruvate in a reaction (-5[1])with alpha-ketoglutarate. A compound (10[1])consisting of (10[1])three of these molecules comprises a resin used in a pulldown assay to purify molecules that are fused to an S-transferase. The SECIS (-5[1])element directs the production of a variant of one of these molecules (-5[1])that incorporates selenium. (10[2])These (10[1])molecules, whose (10[1])D-configuration is rarely (10[1]-5[1])found in nature, (10[2])are plotted by their (10[1])phi (10[1])and psi (10[3]-5[1])dihedral (10[2])angles (10[1])on a (10[1])Ramachandran plot. (10[1])Bonds between these (10[1])molecules (10[1])are cleaved by trypsin. (10[2]-5[1])These molecules, which are differentiated by their side chains, (10[1]-5[1])are carried (10[2])by tRNAs (10[2])during (10[1])translation. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])histidine and proline (10[2])are “essential” (10[1])examples (10[1])of what molecules (10[1])that make up proteins? (10[3])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: amino acids [accept AAs; prompt on proteins or polypeptides or residues; prompt on specific amino acids like alanine or cysteine or selenocysteine or histidine or proline before read by asking “what type of molecule is that?”]
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%66.33
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%90.75
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%99.86
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y8100%0%13%98.13
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%67%87.67
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y5100%0%0%80.20
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%18%92.36

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Euan McCubbin (UG)UW BUBC B17-5
Tiffany ZhouUF BFlorida State University A2110
Russell Nip (UG)UBC ASFU2310
Oscar DespardCambridge ACambridge C46-5
Matthew TurnerOxford BDurham A58-5
Shiva TegullaUCF AUF E6110
Alessandro d'AttanasioCambridge DSouthampton6110
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BBerkeley C6210
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State C (DII)Michigan State B (UG)6410
Michal GerasimiukStanford MStanford A6710
Brynn JonesOregon StateIowa67-5
Vinu HariharBerkeley AStanford L7010
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL ATexas D7010
Justin LeeImperial AManchester7410
Parker McCoigTennesse AGeorgia Tech F7510
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AClemson A7710
Will McCurleyAuburn AGeorgia Tech C7710
CalvinOhio State ACWRU B77-5
Dylan Randall (D2)Ole MissNYU A7710
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAuburn B7810
Linus LuuCambridge BOxford A7810
Aditya Patnaik (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Kenyon B (DII)7910
Khanh NguyenUF AUF C8110
Adsa YanWarwick ASouthampton A8310
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech DEmory B8610
Amelia ReesDurham BEdinburgh8710
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech EAuburn C91-5
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriColorado College9110
Faiz AhmedBirminghamImperial B9110
Jonathan Ho (DII)AlbertaUW A100-5
Ted WarnerBristol ALSE A10010
Jackson Hopper (UG)Mississippi StateMcGill E10210
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CCambridge A10210
Zachary KantEmory AAlabama A10410
Mitchell Hackett (D2)Central OklahomaTexas C10410
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)CWRU C (UG)10510
Caleb SlusherSouth Carolina ATennesse B10610
Nadita Shankar (DII)CWRU D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)10610
Hayden Webb (D2)ArkansasNYU B10610
Jacob TaylorBristol BLSE B10610
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BMichigan D (DII)10910
Bryce Cruise (D2)Texas AVassar B11210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltWarwick B11210
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan State C (UG)11410
Audrey SwingleUF FFlorida Tech B11510
Lucas Mansfield (UG)UW AAlberta11810
AlanCWRU BOhio State A12210
Justin Qian (DII)UBC BUW B12210
Aisling SkeetDurham AOxford B12210
Brandon HuntAuburn CGeorgia Tech E12310
Abigail Zimmerman (UG)IowaOregon State12310
Thomas BarbatoUF DUCF B12310