Question

Proteins that reverse this process bind Sin3 scaffolds to facilitate their upregulation by retinoblastoma protein. This process can be inhibited when PCAF or the p300/CBP complex perform this process on themselves. Inhibitors like SAHA and tricho·statin A stabilize this process (10[1])in conjunction with drivers of it like the SAGA complex and MYST proteins. (10[1])This process is reversed by enzymes that (10[1])use an NAD+ cofactor in place of zinc, called sirtuins (10[1])(“SIR-too-ins”). Proteins identify sites of this (10[1])process (10[1])via the binding of a four-alpha-helix cluster (10[1])called (-5[1])a bromodomain. (10[3]-5[1])On (-5[1])lysines, this process (10[1])is carried out and reversed by HATs and HDACs, (10[1])respectively. (10[1])For 10 points, name this modification (10[1])that causes (-5[1])chromatin to open up to transcription when (10[1])performed on histones, (-5[1])and describes the addition of (-5[1])a COCH3 group. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: acetylation [accept ethanoylation; accept acetylases or histone acetyltransferases or histone deacetylases; accept autoacetylation; prompt on chromatin remodeling; reject “deacetylation”; reject “methylation”]
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2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2095%0%30%90.21

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sharath NarayanNorthwesternOhio State3910
Geoffrey WuColumbia ABritish Columbia5210
Andrew WangIllinois APenn State5910
Rohan DalalGeorgia TechColumbia B6910
Raymond ChenToronto BMinnesota7410
Richard NiuCornell ALSE7510
Caleb OttWaterloo BTexas8210
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins83-5
Kushal AluruRutgersNYU8510
Ezra SantosChicago BRIT85-5
Liam KusalikWaterloo AHarvard8510
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley AToronto A8510
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateVirginia Tech86-5
Adam FineChicago AWUSTL B8910
Nathan SheffieldMITFlorida9810
Annabelle YangWUSTL AIndiana9910
David BassJohns HopkinsUC Berkeley B10510
Yash MandaviaIllinois BYale107-5
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto CVirginia11410
Julian BushlowCornell BIowa State117-5
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina AMaryland122-5
Cade ReinbergerRITChicago B12610
Conor ThompsonIowa StateCornell B1260
Ilyas ChoukriVirginia TechGeorgia State12610
Andy YuMarylandNorth Carolina A12610
Alan XieYaleIllinois B12610