Monday's Molecule #99

 
Name this molecule. This time we need the common name and the systematic (IUPAC) name. A Nobel Prize was awarded for discovering how this molecule is related to your ability to remember its name and recognize the structure.

The first one to correctly identify the molecule 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 four ineligible candidates for this week's reward: Dima Klenchin of the University of Wisconsin, Dale Hoyt from Athens, Georgia, Ms. Sandwalk from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and Alex Ling of the University of Toronto. Dale and Ms. Sandwalk have offered to donate the free lunch to a deserving undergraduate so the first two undergraduates to win and collect a free lunch can also invite a friend. Alex gets the first one.

THEME:

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 select multiple winners if several people get it right.

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UPDATE: The molecule is cyclic AMP (cAMP) or (1S,6R,8R,9R) -8-(6-aminopurin-9-yl) -3-hydroxy-3-oxo-2,4, 7-trioxa- 3λ5-phosphabicyclo [4.3.0]nonan-9-ol. The Noble Laureate is Eric Kandel. Several people guessed the molecule and Kandel but they added a second Nobel Laureate—one that I had already covered (usually Paul Greengard). Only one person picked up on the clue about memory and named Kandel alone. Congratulations to Timothy Evans of the Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.

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