Bonus

This compound is formed from aspartate in the Hell–Volhard–Zelinsky halogenation or by the combination of acetaldehyde, ammonia, and cyanide. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this amino acid with a methyl side chain.
ANSWER: alanine [or Ala; or A]
[10e] The biosynthesis of alanine can proceed via the reversible reductive amination of this compound by ALT. This three-carbon compound is the product of the dephosphorylation of PEP at the end of glycolysis.
ANSWER: pyruvate
[10h] The reaction of this alanine isomer and pyruvate produces malonate-semialdehyde and its standard isomer. Histidine and this alanine isomer are combined to synthesize carnosine.
ANSWER: beta-alanine
<Indiana A, Chemistry>

EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
11513.3380%53%0%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Brown AHarvard A1010020ME
Columbia CMaryland B1010020ME
Illinois AChicago B1010020ME
Imperial ASouthampton B010010E
IowaNorthwestern A010010E
Michigan ACase Western B1010020ME
MissouriIllinois B010010E
Northwestern BNotre Dame A100010M
Rutgers AJohn Jay College010010E
Stanford BPurdue1010020ME
Tufts AHarvard B0000
UC Berkeley BClaremont A1010020ME
Vassar APenn A010010E
WashU AChicago A1010020ME
Wisconsin BIowa State0000

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
California2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01120.00100%100%0%
Midwest2025-02-01316.67100%67%0%
North2025-02-0110.000%0%0%
Northeast2025-02-01210.0050%50%0%
Overflow2025-02-01313.3367%67%0%
UK2025-02-01110.00100%0%0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01313.33100%33%0%