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S. Harvey Mudd used duckweed as a model organism to study this amino acid’s biosynthesis. A derivative of this amino acid is converted into ACC and then oxidized into ethylene in the Yang cycle. Methyl sources used for DNA (15[1])methylation come (15[1])from adenosylated derivatives of this amino acid. Mutations in CBS or deficiencies in vitamin B6 contribute to a condition preventing the processing of this amino acid called homocystinuria. Unlike eukaryotes, bacteria are able to utilize a derivative of this amino acid containing an (*) N-formyl group. This amino acid and cysteine are the only proteinogenic sulfur-containing amino (-5[1])acids. In the standard genetic code, this amino acid is encoded by the AUG codon. For 10 points, what amino acid is often the first to be added to a (10[1])translating peptide? (10[1]0[3])■END■

ANSWER: methionine [or Met; accept S-adenosylmethionine or AdoMet; prompt on SAM-e; accept N-formylmethionine or fMet or ForMet]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Moses KitakuleColumbia BYale3915
Kushal AluruRutgersLehigh B4115
Derek ChenColumbia APrinceton97-5
Nat KuNYU BGatherer12710
Austin GuoPrincetonColumbia A1290
Andrew YangColumbia CLehigh A1290
Eddie FuhrerLehigh AColumbia C1290
Jeff GuanNYU CBard12910

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y667%33%17%84.00
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%50%0%68.50