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malate

American

[mal-ayt, may-layt] / ˈmæl eɪt, ˈmeɪ leɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

a salt or ester of malic acid.

malate British

/ ˈmæleɪt, ˈmeɪ- /

noun

any salt or ester of malic acid

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malate Scientific

/ măl′āt′,mā′lāt′ /

A salt or ester of malic acid, containing the group C ₄ H ₄ O ₅.
See malic acid

Other Word Forms

supermalate

noun

Etymology

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

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 converted into malate and then into pyruvate.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Fumarase then converts fumarate into malate, which malate dehydrogenase then converts back into oxaloacetate while reducing NAD+ to NADH.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

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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