reverse transcriptases - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

These enzymes have a high error rate, which aid in rapid mutation and drug evasion. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these enzymes, one form of which has two subunits p51 and p66. The drug AZT inhibits one of these enzymes.

ANSWER: reverse transcriptases [or RT]

[10e] A reverse transcriptase is one of the key proteins encoded by this retrovirus that infects immune cells. Infection by this virus can eventually lead to AIDS.

ANSWER: HIV [or human immunodeficiency virus]

[10h] This is the first gene found in HIV following the 5-prime LTR, and produces a structural protein. This gene encodes the MA protein and is found upstream of pol and env.

ANSWER: gag [or group-specific antigen]

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Summary


California	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Canada	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
North	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
Southeast	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
UK	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley F	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10
Claremont Scripps	UCSB	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	Claremont Pitzer	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
UCLA C	USC	10	10	0	20
Toronto A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Toronto B	Guelph A	10	10	10	30
Toronto D	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Carleton	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Toronto F	Toronto K	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
Pitt A	CWRU D	0	10	0	10
OSU C	MSU A	10	10	0	20
OSU A	Pitt C	0	10	0	10
Berkeley E	Berkeley C	0	10	0	10
Berkeley A	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Stanford C	0	10	0	10
Georgetown B	George Mason A	0	10	0	10
Missouri A	Missouri B	10	10	0	20
Truman State	SIUE	0	10	0	10
WashU A	WashU D	10	10	0	20
Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Brandeis Orlando	10	10	0	20
Harvard	Brandeis Wilson	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Washington A	British Columbia C	0	10	0	10
British Columbia D	Washington B	10	10	0	20
Bristol A	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Warwick B	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Chicago C	UIC	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Illinois A	10	10	10	30
Michigan A	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20