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Uncommon card · Science
Arginine, an Uncommon card
Arginine is the amino acid with the formulaCN3CHCO2H.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 130,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Arginine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arginine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Only the L-arginine ______ is found naturally.
Answer
enantiomer. Only the L-arginine enantiomer is found naturally. From the Arginine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Dynamical system. Dynamical system 87 · Color television 84 · Distillation 81 · Arginine 76 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.
- The molecule features a guanidino group appended to a standard amino acid framework.
- At physiological pH, the carboxylic acid is deprotonated and both the amino and guanidino groups are protonated, resulting in a cation.
- Only the L-arginine enantiomer is found naturally.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arginine article was read about 130,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Arginine
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Arginine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
