This contest is an attempt to promote scientific knowledge among community in a fun and interesting way with the help of molecules.

Some people like to travel around the world and tell others stories about what happens outside of our organisms/cells in other countries.

And with “Identify the molecule” contest you can try to travel inside our own organism/cells and cells of the organisms around us.

For more information about this contest read “Identify the molecule” league. Prize: knowledge + 5/10 XRP + 200/400 TMN post.

Prizes/bonuses:

The prize here is

1. knowledge

> facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject

[Oxford Dictionary of English, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010]

That understanding of our own organism and organisms around us is the real prize in the case of this contest. No matter what happens (whether or not you get 5 XRP), you can win (can acquire the knowledge by investigating different sources of information, remembering and using it to your advantage in the future).

2. 5 XRP

3. 200 TMN

Aside from XRP I’d like to add TMN tokens.

For the uninitiated, TMN is the token of TranslateMe project (it’s about combining blockchain technology (NEO in this case) with translation industry).

The reason I’m going to add this token for the prize pool of this contest is not only because I have them, but because this contest is quite scientific, and TranslateMe project might help to solve the “lost” science problem.

For more on this you can read my post regarding TranslateMe (TranslateMe (or Decentralization meets Translation industry). Part 2. The “missing puzzle piece” of scientific ecosystem. General overview) (and other posts of that series).

For more information on crypto-bonuses for this league, please refer to “Identify the molecule” league. Prize: knowledge + 5/10 XRP + 200/400 TMN post.

Consider these tokens as a bonus.

Images and text are the clues for you to guess a riddle (the name of the molecule in this case).

Note that

a) even though this contest is called “Identify the molecule”,

-> molecule (singular)

sometimes it’s not just a molecule which is responsible for a specific function, but rather a complex of molecules.

Example:

cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV)

> is a large transmembrane protein complex… It is the last enzyme in the respiratory electron transport chain of cells located in the membrane

source

b) some molecules/complexes have different names. For example, other names for cytochrome c oxidase (example above) are

> Complex IV (mitochondrial electron transport). Cytochrome a3. Cytochrome aa3. Cytochrome oxidase. Warburg's respiratory enzyme.

source

Any of those names would be a valid entry.

c) Some almost identical molecules are grouped into classes / groups / families.

Example:

Helicases are divided into 6 groups. RecD and Dda molecules belong to helicases group (Superfamily 1 (SF1)). In this case you would need to guess only the name of the group –> Helicase/ Helicases.

d) Some proteins can have different forms – isoforms.

Example:

There’re trypsin 1 and trypsin 2. In this case you would need to guess only the general name – trypsin.

Important

In order to get TMN, you’ll need to have NEO-wallet and provide me your public NEO-address.

If you don’t have it yet, don’t worry, I published a post on how/where to get it (O3 wallet).

Note that NEO-addresses provided by exchanges will not work in this case (+ it's safer NOT to keep your funds on exchanges). It's highly recommended to get O3 wallet.

If there’re no winners on any stage, the prize will be distributed equally among all users who provided any guesses for molecules.

Rules

This contest lasts for 6 days.

The change is that from now on, you need to provide your answers on Twitter, not on Telegram group.

The reason is that Twitter provides all the features needed and xrptipbot allows to tip users there (currently I can't use Twitter tips, see below).

So, it would be easy for me to distribute the prizes.

But you can still to use the Telegram group if you want to discuss the molecule, give suggestion for the league or something (except for spamming ;) ).

You'll find my posts here on Twitter

Leave your guess (1 guess only (not 2 or 3)) in the reply to my twit with the riddle on Twitter.

Don’t edit your comment/reply, don't delete or add new comments/replies with the answers and don’t provide any evidence that your answer is correct.

The first user with the right answer is the winner.

I’ll provide the answer in the Telegram group, will update this post and will let all the participants know it on Twitter.

Some of the clues have already been provided in the post.

Additional clues will be given on Wednesday (20:00 ± 15 minutes UTC) (I’ll update this post).

The reason is that some people might need less information to make conclusions that the others.

Additional clues will be added at the end of the “Riddle” section before the “Rules” section with “Edited” label.

The winner will be announced in the Telegram group/in this post on Coil and on Twitter (+ I'll publish a detailed review of the riddle after a while) on Friday, July 31, 2020, 20:00 ± 15 minutes UTC.

I'll send the XRP bonus if the winner/participants provide me their XRP-addresses & destination tags on on Twitter. I created my XRP-address with the help of Atomic Wallet. If you don't have Atomic Wallet yet, you can find some details about it here (but I'm sure there should be some other wallets which support XRP)

(Publish0x Recommends Atomic Wallet (Download Now and Get 15 AWC))

Note that in order for your XRP-address to be activated, you need to deposit 20 XRP

> It is an unspendable balance – you can’t withdraw it. To be able to manage XRP in Atomic Wallet, you have to deposit 20 XRP on your account.

(https://support.atomicwallet.io/article/43-why-20-xrp-is-an-unspendable-balance)

I’ll transfer the tokens (XRP + TMN) (if the winners/participants provide me their NEO-address / XRP-addresses & destination tags) to the winners/participants on that day (Friday).

I’m planning to run this contest every week.

So, you should expect to see the 4th week’s riddle for July on Saturday, August 1, 2020, 20:00 ± 15 minutes UTC.

The riddle goes below.

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