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Uncommon card · Science
Asparagine, an Uncommon card
Asparagine is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 58
- Power
- 125
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 37,000
Power 125 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Asparagine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Asparagine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is encoded by the ______ AAU and AAC.
Answer
codons. It is encoded by the codons AAU and AAC. From the Asparagine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Federal Senate. Federal Senate 80 · Metallic bonding 72 · Asparagine 67 · Agricultural machinery 63 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.
- It contains an α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid group, and a side chain carboxamide, classifying it as a polar, aliphatic amino acid.
- It is non-essential in humans, meaning the body can synthesize it.
- It is encoded by the codons AAU and AAC.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Asparagine article was read about 37,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 58: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Asparagine
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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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Asparagine in the power ranking, all domains together.
- SupergiantUncommon · Science · ATK 73 DEF 52
- BranchiopodaUncommon · Nature · ATK 65 DEF 60
- Jogo do bichoUncommon · Nature · ATK 69 DEF 56
- Federal SenateUncommon · Society · ATK 80 DEF 45
- ZhangyeUncommon · Society · ATK 66 DEF 59
- Agricultural machineryUncommon · Science · ATK 63 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Asparagine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
