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
His group sketched out a system design that could convert CO2 into malate, a key metabolite produced during photosynthesis.
From Nature ● Nov. 6, 2018
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
Fumarase then converts fumarate into malate, which malate dehydrogenase then converts back into oxaloacetate while reducing NAD+ to NADH.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Again, a wine can be brewed from the fermented juice, which is excellent against scurvy because of its salts of potash—the citrate and malate.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
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