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Definition of Oxaloacetate

1. Noun. A salt or ester of oxalacetic acid.

Definition of Oxaloacetate

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) any salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid ¹

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Definition of Oxaloacetate

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Oxaloacetate

1. Metabolic intermediate. Couples with acetyl CoA to form citrate, i.e. The entry point of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Formed from aspartic acid by transamination. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Oxaloacetate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"Malate dehydrogenase: An enzyme (EC 1.1.1.37) with at least six isomeric forms that catalyze the dehydrogenation of malate to oxaloacetate or its ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Although the enzyme was inhibited by high concentrations of pyridoxal phosphate, oxaloacetate, and malate, and was stimulated by high concentrations of ..."

3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1905)
"[The action of ethyl iodide on ethyl oxaloacetate in presence of dry silver oxide.] London, J. Chem. Soc., 88, 1903, (417); ..."

4. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph S. Fruton (1990)
"In particular, serious attention was given to a cyclic pathway via four-carbon dicarboxylic acids (succinate, fumarate, malate, oxaloacetate), based largely ..."

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