Question
An S-to-N acyl shift occurs in a reaction involving an amine group on this molecule and a thioester, called native chemical ligation. The remarkable stability of cyclotides is due to a motif involving six instances of this molecule that shares its structure with a rotaxane, its namesake “knot.” An N-acetyl derivative of this amino acid is used to treat Tylenol overdose because it is converted to glutathione in the liver. Papain and (*) caspases belong to a class of proteases named for this non-alcohol-containing amino acid. Beta-mercaptoethanol denatures proteins by cleaving bonds formed between two instances of this amino acid, which are an important part of tertiary structure. For 10 points, disulfide bridges form between two instances of what amino acid whose one-letter code is C? ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yixi Yang | Yale | Tufts B | 90 | 10 |
Riley Roessler | Bowdoin B | Bowdoin A | 110 | 10 |
Yrwin Batan | MIT | Tufts A | 112 | 10 |
Richard Lin | Amherst | Boston College A | 115 | 10 |
Jenna Lam | Bowdoin C | BU | 116 | 10 |
Shining Sun | Boston College B | Clark Wilson | 125 | 10 |
Kayla Drajpuch | Brandeis B | Harvard | 125 | 0 |
Joy An | Harvard | Brandeis B | 125 | 0 |
Christopher Dech | Brandeis A | Clark House | 125 | 0 |
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 33% | 105.33 |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 100% | 25% | 50% | 102.75 |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 6 | 100% | 17% | 0% | 98.17 |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 125.00 |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 103.67 |
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 8 | 75% | 0% | 0% | 111.33 |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 80% | 0% | 40% | 108.75 |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 5 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 116.80 |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 100% | 124.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 100% | 50% | 0% | 94.50 |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 118.00 |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 100% | 40% | 60% | 89.00 |