oxaloacetic acid

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English

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Etymology

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From oxalo- +‎ acetic acid.

Noun

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oxaloacetic acid (uncountable)

  1. One of the constituents of the citric acid cycle, formed by the oxidation of malic acid and via the transamination of aspartic acid; an intermediate in the synthesis of amino acids and the metabolism of carbohydrates
  2. (organic chemistry) a colourless crystalline organic carboxylic acid, butan-2-one-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, COOH.CH2.CO.COOH

Coordinate terms

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  • oxaloacetate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)
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