malate
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of malate
First recorded in 1785–95; mal(ic acid) + -ate 2
Example Sentences
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The last step in the citric acid cycle regenerates oxaloacetate by oxidizing malate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Water is added to fumarate during step seven, and malate is produced.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
His group sketched out a system design that could convert CO2 into malate, a key metabolite produced during photosynthesis.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
However, because the mesophyll cells constantly pump CO2 into neighboring bundle-sheath cells in the form of malate, there’s always a high concentration of CO2 relative to O2 right around rubisco.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The fresh juice yields malate of lime, whilst the plant contains gum, sugar, starch and fat.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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