CHEBI:15595 - malate(2−)

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ChEBI Name malate(2−)
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15595
ChEBI ASCII Name malate(2-)
Definition A C4-dicarboxylate resulting from deprotonation of both carboxy groups of malic acid.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:14556, CHEBI:25114
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Formula C4H4O5
Net Charge -2
Average Mass 132.07156
Monoisotopic Mass 132.00697
InChI InChI=1S/C4H6O5/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2,5H,1H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/p-2
InChIKey BJEPYKJPYRNKOW-UHFFFAOYSA-L
SMILES OC(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): fundamental metabolite
Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595) has functional parent succinate(2−) (CHEBI:30031)
malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595) is a C4-dicarboxylate (CHEBI:61336)
malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595) is a malate (CHEBI:25115)
malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595) is conjugate base of malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
Incoming (R)-malate(2−) (CHEBI:15588) is a malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595)
(S)-malate(2−) (CHEBI:15589) is a malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) is conjugate acid of malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595)
IUPAC Name
2-hydroxybutanedioate
Synonyms Sources
hydroxybutanedioic acid, ion(2−) ChemIDplus
mal IUPAC
malate UniProt
malate anion ChEBI
malate dianion ChEBI
Manual Xref Database
C00711 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
149-61-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
327305 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
3664410 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
17190852 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
13 November 2017