Packet 6: Bonus 17
The rate of this process is graphed against denaturant concentration on a chevron plot. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this process in which a protein acquires a three-dimensional structure.
ANSWER: protein folding
[10m] GroEL, a protein in this family, was found to decrease the rate of protein folding in a study by Jewett and Shea. This class of heat shock proteins provides an isolated environment for proteins to fold.
ANSWER: molecular chaperones [or chaperonins]
[10h] According to this statement, it would take an incredibly large amount of time for proteins to fold if the process was random. This statement is explained by protein folding being done through an energy funnel.
ANSWER: Levinthal’s paradox
<Science - Biology, Spencer Manning> | VAULT II Packet 06
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 15.26 | 90% | 32% | 32% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand duplantis fan club | PC Chris Master Race | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Booz Allen Interns | Mountain Dew is Better | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Hoya gonna stop the Fighting Irish? | The Young Jits | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Jeopardy Rejected Ibean Batutu | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michael Touse-Squid | I have no buzzer and I must neg | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Not Just Biking | An even worse idea | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| They fuck you up your buzz and neg | Ostia Orcas | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| They'll Just Let Anyone Edit Chicago Open These Days | Ted Offensive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| Triangle Cup | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 22.50 | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 21.25 | 88% | 63% | 63% |