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Rare card · Science
Amino acid, a Rare card
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 480,000
Ranked #505 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Amino acid quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amino acid card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Only these 22 appear in the ______ code of life.
Answer
genetic. Only these 22 appear in the genetic code of life. From the Amino acid article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cancer. Cancer 94 · Star 90 · Amino acid 87 · Paul Dirac 84 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Although over 500 amino acids exist in nature, by far the most important are the 22 α-amino acids incorporated into proteins.
- Only these 22 appear in the genetic code of life.
- Amino acids can be classified according to the locations of the core structural functional groups, other categories relate to polarity, ionization, and side-chain group type.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amino acid article was read about 480,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Amino acid
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- Palace of WestminsterRare · Arts · ATK 88 DEF 96
- ChandigarhRare · Society · ATK 89 DEF 95
- David HumeRare · Science · ATK 94 DEF 90
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amino acid (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Smokefoot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
