Lonelygirl15

McPackage

Here's all the info discovered so far in the latest video, titled "Catalyst (Find Him)", which can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMFKctGzoE

The description is:

blahblablee · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

I think I found the key =)
http://www.maa.org/mathland/mathtrek_4_10_00.html

blahblablee · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject:

Actually nvm it some of the things aren't in that code...

blahblablee · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject:

Here's another you can try...
http://library.thinkquest.org/10679/biology/bio_rib.html

Edit to add: Another thing I found http://www.sciencenews.org/pages/sn_arch/7_20_96/mathland.htm

Edit to add: More crap
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/codons.htm

blahblablee · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject:

Um the tag says to search restriction 5'3'

Restriction enzymes...These break up DNA

This leads me to believe that the numbers represent breaks in the DNA...

McPackage · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject:

One of the pages that comes up when searching for "5'3' restriction" is http://www.escience.ws/b572/L5/L5.htm . I can't figure out if that is supposed to help or not, but it does look to be related to the "Coded Rings" video (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mM6Eo0VyG8 ). Note that 2 of the tags on that video are "Decoder Ring".

Searching just for "5'3'" results in http://psyche.uthct.edu/shaun/SBlack/geneticd.html , which has a table very similar to the one used to decode the sequence in the previous puzzle. I did go ahead and decode the sequence, but I still am not clear on what the numbers are for. Here's the list, just in case it is relevant:

janesalteredstates · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:11 pm Post subject:

1(-4) 7(-4) 8 1 2 3 9(-1) 4(+3)

OK I am sure everyone tried this, but I have to post it.

1(-4) = -4
7(-4) = -28
then...
8
1
2
3
9(-1) = -9
4(+3) = 12 or +12

-4 -28 8 1 2 3 -9 12

Can't hurt, right?
_________________
“It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. ”
http://youtube.com/profile?user=jenlight

Brucker · Casual Observer Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 91

Luminous · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:27 pm Post subject:

I just wrote Traveler to ask why McPackage had to destroy J2, and he didn't do it himself. Here is the answer I received:

So it looks like "WD" are the initials of the man we are looking for. It also looks like we must identify the right enzyme. That's pretty much out of my league - hope you biochemists can handle that one. He points to clues in the video - seems there must be some we have missed. What I find most curious is the last sentence:

"finding the enzyme is a double-edged sword if you don't realize that it can cut twice."

*runs off to rewatch the last video and see what I've missed*
_________________
You made a wise choice, Bree.
There's no place like home.
Click to watch: The Ice Princess

kellylen · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:43 am Post subject:

oiiiiiiii enzymes.

we would have to find the sequence for the proteins and then figure out which corresponds to the enzyme

as i just woke up im not going to do it.

maybe later today.
_________________
-Kelly

Luminous · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:53 am Post subject:

Are there special enzymes that can "cut twice"?
_________________
You made a wise choice, Bree.
There's no place like home.
Click to watch: The Ice Princess

kellylen · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 2:05 am Post subject:

there maybe, I'm not quite sure yet as I only have just started studying biochemistry
_________________
-Kelly

blahblablee · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

blahblablee · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:19 am Post subject:

I don't know if this will help but:

Restriction Enzyme Finder:
http://tools.neb.com/NEBcutter2/index.php

And this site has 6 tools:
http://insilico.ehu.es/restriction/

TOSG · Devoted Fan Joined: 14 Sep 2006 Posts: 651

Hey, I just stumbled upon this thread - I don't really know any of the backstory here, but I did a homology search on the DNA sequence, and it's a pretty good match with human nucleoporin (the protein complexes that allow molecules to enter and leave the cell's nucleus) DNA.

Don't know if that helps any, but there you go.

I do research in a molecular biology lab, so I'm pretty conversant with this stuff...feel free to PM me if you need.

EDIT: you guys also might want to try translating the DNA sequence into its one-letter protein codes, and see if it spells out anything. I couldn't find anything, but maybe there's a trick (Anagram? Special portion to decode?)