malate
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Origin of malate
First recorded in 1785–95; mal(ic acid) + -ate 2
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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 oxaloacetate is converted to malate, which travels out of the mesophyll cell and into a neighboring bundle-sheath cell.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Oxaloacetate is then converted to a similar molecule, malate, that can be transported in to the bundle-sheath cells.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Yeast has no action on malate of lime, or on other calcareous salts formed by vegetable acids.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
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