oxaloacetic acid /ox·a·lo·ace·tic ac·id/ (ok″sah-lo-ah-sēt´ik) a metabolic intermediate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle; it is convertible to aspartic acid by aspartate transaminase.
ox·a·lo·a·ce·tic acid ( k s -l - -s  t k, k-sl-) or ox·al·a·ce·tic acid (k-s l-stk, ks-l-)n. A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid that is formed by oxidation of malic acid in the Krebs cycle and by transamination from aspartic acid. It is important in the metabolism of carbohydrates and in the synthesis of amino acids. |
oxaloacetic acid
a metabolic intermediate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, which is also a substrate of aspartate aminotransferase.
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