Oxaloacetate Definition

ŏksə-lō-ăsĭ-tāt
noun
A salt or an ester of oxaloacetic acid.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • oxalacetate

Other Word Forms of Oxaloacetate

Noun

Singular:
oxaloacetate
Plural:
oxaloacetates

Origin of Oxaloacetate

  • oxal(ic acid) acet(ic acid) –ate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • oxalo- +"Ž acetate

    From Wiktionary

Oxaloacetate Sentence Examples

  • The oxaloacetate is converted to other 4-carbon intermediates that are transported to photosynthetic cells, where CO 2 is released by decarboxylation.

  • Blocks the malate / aspartate cycle by inhibiting glutamate - oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT ).

  • Blocks the malate / aspartate cycle by inhibiting glutamate - oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT).

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Words Starting With

OOXOXA

Words Ending With

ETEATE

Unscrambles

oxaloacetate

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