A Mean Ol' Acid
A Mean Ol' Acid has refused any further involvement in the process of protein synthesis on Planet Earth and it has gained the support of several other amino acids. The good news is, A Mean Ol' Acid will return to Earth and get back to work if you can solve the puzzles it has left behind.
Be ready to exercise your memory with the vocabulary of DNA and protein synthesis. What hidden messages has A Mean Ol' Acid left for you to find?
The genetic code may prove useful in solving some of A Mean Ol' Acid's puzzles. Remember that amino acids have a full name, as well as three-letter and one-letter codes.
A Mean Ol' Acid excels at math and has threatened to escape to Planet Polypeptide or Planet Protein, which ever has the most expansive genetic code.
The A Mean Ol' Acid Google sheet, Google form, and puzzle text were created by Ms. Leslie Farooq (@lesliefarooq). The A Mean Ol' Acid ransom note was made with Ransomizer. The A Mean Ol' Acid header image is from Wikimedia Commons.