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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 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 element directs the production of a variant of one of these molecules that incorporates selenium. These molecules, whose D-configuration is rarely found in nature, are plotted by their phi and psi dihedral angles on a Ramachandran plot. Bonds between these molecules are cleaved by trypsin. These molecules, which are differentiated by their side chains, (-5[1])are carried by tRNAs during translation. For 10 points, histidine and proline are “essential” examples of what molecules (10[1])that make up proteins? (10[1])■END■

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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Euan McCubbin (UG)UW BUBC B17-5
Russell Nip (UG)UBC ASFU2310
Jonathan Ho (DII)AlbertaUW A100-5
Lucas Mansfield (UG)UW AAlberta11810
Justin Qian (DII)UBC BUW B12210

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