In honor of the Olympics, today's molecule is one that every athlete is afraid of. None of them want to allow this molecule to accumulate in their tissues during the competition. Your task if to identify the molecule and its precursor and the enzyme responsible for the reaction. Be as specific as possible, especially when identifying the dangerous molecule on the right.
There's a indirect connection between today's molecule and a Nobel Prize. The Noble Laureate was among the first to identify the relationship between production of the molecule and the activity associated with the athletes. He won the prize for explaining, in part, why athletes get hot.
The first person to correctly identify the reaction and name the Nobel Laureate(s), wins a free lunch at the Faculty Club. Previous winners are ineligible for one month from the time they first collected the prize. There are only two ineligible candidates for this week's reward. You know who you are.
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Nobel Laureates
Send your guess to Sandwalk (sandwalk (at) bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca) and I'll pick the first email message that correctly identifies the molecule and names the Nobel Laureate(s). Note that I'm not going to repeat Nobel Laureate(s) so you might want to check the list of previous Sandwalk postings by clicking on the link in the theme box.
Correct responses will be posted tomorrow. I reserve the right to pick multiple winners if several people get it right.
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