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 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
3664410 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
17190852 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
13 November 2017