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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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
Oxaloacetate is then converted to a similar molecule, malate, that can be transported in to the bundle-sheath cells.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Inside the bundle sheath, malate breaks down, releasing a molecule of CO2.
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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