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ATPase, a Common card
ATPases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of ATP into ADP and a free phosphate ion or the inverse reaction.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 111
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 111 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
ATPase quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the ATPase card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This ______ is widely used in all known forms of life.
Answer
process. This process is widely used in all known forms of life. From the ATPase article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Financial crime. Financial crime 79 · Felix Adler 67 · ATPase 64 · United States Army Provost Marshal General 59 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Felix Adler. Felix Adler 18,000 · ATPase 13,000 · Ceftaroline fosamil 9,400 · Cultural reproduction 7,500 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- This dephosphorylation reaction releases energy, which the enzyme harnesses to drive other chemical reactions that would not otherwise occur.
- This process is widely used in all known forms of life.
- Some such enzymes are integral membrane proteins, and move solutes across the membrane, typically against their concentration gradient.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The ATPase article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get ATPase
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, ATPase (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NEUROtiker, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
