| id | GO:0006108 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | malate metabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving malate, the anion of hydroxybutanedioic acid, a chiral hydroxydicarboxylic acid. The (+) enantiomer is an important intermediate in metabolism as a component of both the TCA cycle and the glyoxylate cycle." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| synonym | "malate metabolism" EXACT [] |
| is_a | GO:0043648 ! dicarboxylic acid metabolic process |