oxaloacetic acid
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oxalo- + acetic acid.
Noun
[edit]oxaloacetic acid (uncountable)
- 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
- (organic chemistry) a colourless crystalline organic carboxylic acid, butan-2-one-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, COOH.CH2.CO.COOH
Coordinate terms
[edit]- oxaloacetate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)