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malate; malic acid
Biochemistry:
- an intermediate metabolite in the citric acid cycle
- formed from fumarate via fumarase
- enzyme: fumarase
- substrates: fumarate + H2O
- product: malate
- metabolized to oxaloacetate via malate dehydrogenase
- enzyme: malate dehydrogenase
- substrates: malate + NAD+
- products: oxaloacetate + NADH
* see citric acid cycle for role of malate in citric acid cycle
Laboratory:
- malate in serum/plasma
- malate/creatinine in urine
Interactions
molecular events
Related
citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle or tricarboxylic acid [TCA] cycle
General
alpha-hydroxy carboxylate (alpha-hydroxy acid)
dicarboxylate
intermediary metabolite
Properties
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM cid=525
Component-of
arginine/malate