CHEBI:6650 - malic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:6650
ChEBI Namemalic acid
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DefinitionA 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid that is succinic acid in which one of the hydrogens attached to a carbon is replaced by a hydroxy group.
Last Modified7 July 2017
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FormulaC4H6O5
Net Charge0
Average Mass134.087
Monoisotopic Mass134.02152
SMILESO=C(O)CC(O)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C4H6O5/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2,5H,1H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)
InChIKeyBJEPYKJPYRNKOW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Daphnia magna (ncbitaxon:35525) - Article (Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyond)
Roles Classification
Chemical Role:
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
fundamental metabolite  Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
food acidity regulator  A food additive that is used to change or otherwise control the acidity or alkalinity of foods. They may be acids, bases, neutralising agents or buffering agents.
Application:
food acidity regulator  A food additive that is used to change or otherwise control the acidity or alkalinity of foods. They may be acids, bases, neutralising agents or buffering agents.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) has functional parent succinic acid (CHEBI:15741)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) has role food acidity regulator (CHEBI:64049)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) is a 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid (CHEBI:50263)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) is a C4-dicarboxylic acid (CHEBI:66873)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) is conjugate acid of malate (CHEBI:25115)
malic acid (CHEBI:6650) is conjugate acid of malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595)
Incoming Relation(s)
2-(p-coumaroyl)malic acid (CHEBI:134253) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
2-(ω-methylthio)alkylmalic acid (CHEBI:134530) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
2-hydroxy-3-(2-methylidenecyclopropyl)butanedioic acid (CHEBI:133310) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
2-phosphinomethylmalic acid (CHEBI:81403) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
2,3-dimethylmalic acid (CHEBI:15590) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
3-(ω-methylthio)alkylmalic acid (CHEBI:134532) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
3-carboxy-3-hydroxypropanoyl-CoA (CHEBI:137700) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
malate ester (CHEBI:36188) has functional parent malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
(R)-malic acid (CHEBI:30796) is a malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
(S)-malic acid (CHEBI:30797) is a malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
malate (CHEBI:25115) is conjugate base of malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
malate(2−) (CHEBI:15595) is conjugate base of malic acid (CHEBI:6650)
IUPAC Name 
2-hydroxybutanedioic acid
Synonyms  Source
2-Hydroxybutanedioic acidKEGG COMPOUND
2-Hydroxyethane-1,2-dicarboxylic acidHMDB
2-Hydroxysuccinic acidHMDB
ÄpfelsäureChEBI
apple acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-Malic acidHMDB
Manual XrefsDatabases
1352PPDB
C00711KEGG COMPOUND
D04843KEGG DRUG
HMDB0000744HMDB
Malic_acidWikipedia
RS-MalateMetaCyc
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1723539Reaxys
Gmelin:3325Gmelin
CAS:6915-15-7NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:6915-15-7ChemIDplus
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