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<metabolite>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2016-09-30 22:20:16 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2020-05-21 16:28:23 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>BMDB0000156</accession>
  <secondary_accessions>
    <accession>BMDB00156</accession>
  </secondary_accessions>
  <name>L-Malic acid</name>
  <description>(S)-Malic acid, also known as malate or L-apple acid, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as beta hydroxy acids and derivatives. Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives are compounds containing a carboxylic acid substituted with a hydroxyl group on the C3 carbon atom (S)-Malic acid exists as a solid, possibly soluble (in water), and an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa) molecule (S)-Malic acid exists in all eukaryotes, ranging from yeast to humans.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>(-)-L-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-(-)-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>L-2-Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Apple acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Malate</synonym>
    <synonym>Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>S-2-Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Malate</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-L-Malate</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-(-)-Hydroxysuccinate</synonym>
    <synonym>L-2-Hydroxybutanedioate</synonym>
    <synonym>S-2-Hydroxybutanedioate</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-(S)-Malate</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-(S)-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-Hydroxysuccinate</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(-)-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(2S)-2-Hydroxybutanedioate</synonym>
    <synonym>(2S)-2-Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Hydroxy-butanedioate</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Hydroxy-butanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Hydroxybutanedioate</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Apple acid</synonym>
    <synonym>L-(-)-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Hydroxybutanedioate</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Hydroxysuccinate</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>S-(-)-Malate</synonym>
    <synonym>S-(-)-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-Malate</synonym>
    <synonym>L-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(2S)-2-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(2S)-Malic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(S)-2-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Hydroxyethane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>2-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Deoxytetraric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Hydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Monohydroxybutanedioic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>alpha-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>α-Hydroxysuccinic acid</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C4H6O5</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>134.0874</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>134.021523302</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>(2S)-2-hydroxybutanedioic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>(-)-malic acid</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>97-67-6</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>O[C@@H](CC(O)=O)C(O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C4H6O5/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2,5H,1H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/t2-/m0/s1</inchi>
  <inchikey>BJEPYKJPYRNKOW-REOHCLBHSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as beta hydroxy acids and derivatives. Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives are compounds containing a carboxylic acid substituted with a hydroxyl group on the C3 carbon atom.</description>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Organic acids and derivatives</super_class>
    <class>Hydroxy acids and derivatives</class>
    <sub_class>Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives</sub_class>
    <direct_parent>Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives</direct_parent>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Alpha hydroxy acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carbonyl compounds</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Carboxylic acids</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Dicarboxylic acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Fatty acids and conjugates</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Secondary alcohols</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Short-chain hydroxy acids and derivatives</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Alpha-hydroxy acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Beta-hydroxy acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carbonyl group</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Carboxylic acid derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives</substituent>
      <substituent>Fatty acid</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Organooxygen compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Secondary alcohol</substituent>
      <substituent>Short-chain hydroxy acid</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic acyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>malic acid</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <experimental_properties>
    <state>Solid</state>
    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>107 °C</value>
      <source/>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <predicted_properties>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>-0.87</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>0.21</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>-1.1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
      <value>3.2</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
      <value>-3.9</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>iupac</kind>
      <value>(2S)-2-hydroxybutanedioic acid</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>average_mass</kind>
      <value>134.0874</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mono_mass</kind>
      <value>134.021523302</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>smiles</kind>
      <value>O[C@@H](CC(O)=O)C(O)=O</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formula</kind>
      <value>C4H6O5</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchi</kind>
      <value>InChI=1S/C4H6O5/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2,5H,1H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/t2-/m0/s1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>inchikey</kind>
      <value>BJEPYKJPYRNKOW-REOHCLBHSA-N</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
      <value>94.83</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>refractivity</kind>
      <value>24.88</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>polarizability</kind>
      <value>10.93</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
      <value>3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
      <value>5</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>donor_count</kind>
      <value>3</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
      <value>-2</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>formal_charge</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>number_of_rings</kind>
      <value>0</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>bioavailability</kind>
      <value>1</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>rule_of_five</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>ghose_filter</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>veber_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>mddr_like_rule</kind>
      <value>Yes</value>
      <source>ChemAxon</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
  <pathways>
    <pathway>
      <name>Citric Acid Cycle</name>
      <smpdb_id>SMP0087163</smpdb_id>
      <kegg_map_id/>
    </pathway>
    <pathway>
      <name>Pyruvate Metabolism</name>
      <smpdb_id>SMP0087231</smpdb_id>
      <kegg_map_id/>
    </pathway>
    <pathway>
      <name>Transfer of Acetyl Groups into Mitochondria</name>
      <smpdb_id>SMP0087254</smpdb_id>
      <kegg_map_id/>
    </pathway>
    <pathway>
      <name>Warburg Effect</name>
      <smpdb_id>SMP0087270</smpdb_id>
      <kegg_map_id/>
    </pathway>
  </pathways>
  <spectra>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::EiMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>2008</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1115</spectrum_id>
    </spectrum>
    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1173</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>4687</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>4715</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>4826</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>166495</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrTwoD</type>
      <spectrum_id>972</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrTwoD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1174</spectrum_id>
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      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>377</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>378</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>379</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>30362</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
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  <normal_concentrations>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Liver</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>8 multiparous Chinese Holstein dairy cows fed in the Hangzhou Hangjiang Dairy Farm based on the milk production under corn stover based diets. Detection used gas chromatography time-of-flight/mass spectrometry (GC-TOF/MS) platform.</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Sun HZ, Zhou M, Wang O, Chen Y, Liu JX, Guan LL: Multi-omics reveals functional genomic and metabolic mechanisms of milk production and quality in dairy cows. Bioinformatics. 2020 Apr 15;36(8):2530-2537. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz951.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>31873721</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Liver</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>8 multiparous Chinese Holstein dairy cows fed in the Hangzhou Hangjiang Dairy Farm based on the milk production under alfalfa hay based diets. Detection used gas chromatography time-of-flight/mass spectrometry (GC-TOF/MS) platform.</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Sun HZ, Zhou M, Wang O, Chen Y, Liu JX, Guan LL: Multi-omics reveals functional genomic and metabolic mechanisms of milk production and quality in dairy cows. Bioinformatics. 2020 Apr 15;36(8):2530-2537. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz951.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>31873721</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Mammary Gland</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>8 multiparous Chinese Holstein dairy cows fed in the Hangzhou Hangjiang Dairy Farm based on the milk production under corn stover based diets. Detection used gas chromatography time-of-flight/mass spectrometry (GC-TOF/MS) platform.</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Sun HZ, Zhou M, Wang O, Chen Y, Liu JX, Guan LL: Multi-omics reveals functional genomic and metabolic mechanisms of milk production and quality in dairy cows. Bioinformatics. 2020 Apr 15;36(8):2530-2537. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz951.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>31873721</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Mammary Gland</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>8 multiparous Chinese Holstein dairy cows fed in the Hangzhou Hangjiang Dairy Farm based on the milk production under alfalfa hay based diets. Detection used gas chromatography time-of-flight/mass spectrometry (GC-TOF/MS) platform.</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Sun HZ, Zhou M, Wang O, Chen Y, Liu JX, Guan LL: Multi-omics reveals functional genomic and metabolic mechanisms of milk production and quality in dairy cows. Bioinformatics. 2020 Apr 15;36(8):2530-2537. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz951.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>31873721</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Milk</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <comment>Raw milk, by GC-TOF/MS</comment>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Sun HZ, Shi K, Wu XH, Xue MY, Wei ZH, Liu JX, Liu HY: Lactation-related metabolic mechanism investigated based on mammary gland metabolomics and 4 biofluids' metabolomics relationships in dairy cows. BMC Genomics. 2017 Dec 2;18(1):936. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4314-1.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29197344</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Placenta</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Wishart DS, Feunang YD, Marcu A, Guo AC, Liang K, Vazquez-Fresno R, Sajed T, Johnson D, Li C, Karu N, Sayeeda Z, Lo E, Assempour N, Berjanskii M, Singhal S, Arndt D, Liang Y, Badran H, Grant J, Serra-Cayuela A, Liu Y, Mandal R, Neveu V, Pon A, Knox C, Wilson M, Manach C, Scalbert A: HMDB 4.0: the human metabolome database for 2018. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Jan 4;46(D1):D608-D617. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1089.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29140435</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
    <concentration>
      <biospecimen>Prostate Tissue</biospecimen>
      <concentration_value/>
      <concentration_units/>
      <references>
        <reference>
          <reference_text>Wishart DS, Feunang YD, Marcu A, Guo AC, Liang K, Vazquez-Fresno R, Sajed T, Johnson D, Li C, Karu N, Sayeeda Z, Lo E, Assempour N, Berjanskii M, Singhal S, Arndt D, Liang Y, Badran H, Grant J, Serra-Cayuela A, Liu Y, Mandal R, Neveu V, Pon A, Knox C, Wilson M, Manach C, Scalbert A: HMDB 4.0: the human metabolome database for 2018. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 Jan 4;46(D1):D608-D617. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkx1089.</reference_text>
          <pubmed_id>29140435</pubmed_id>
        </reference>
      </references>
    </concentration>
  </normal_concentrations>
  <kegg_id>C00149</kegg_id>
  <drugbank_id/>
  <foodb_id>FDB012047</foodb_id>
  <chemspider_id>193317</chemspider_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id>222656</pubchem_compound_id>
  <pdbe_id/>
  <chebi_id>30797</chebi_id>
  <phenol_explorer_compound_id/>
  <meta_cyc_id>MAL</meta_cyc_id>
  <knapsack_id>C00001192</knapsack_id>
  <wikipedia_id>Malic acid</wikipedia_id>
  <bigg_id>34045</bigg_id>
  <metlin_id/>
  <synthesis_reference>McKenzie, Alex.; Plenderleith, H. J.; Walker, Nellie. Optical activation of racemic acid by d-malic acid. Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions (1923), 123 2875-80.</synthesis_reference>
  <general_references>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Sun HZ, Shi K, Wu XH, Xue MY, Wei ZH, Liu JX, Liu HY: Lactation-related metabolic mechanism investigated based on mammary gland metabolomics and 4 biofluids' metabolomics relationships in dairy cows. BMC Genomics. 2017 Dec 2;18(1):936. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4314-1.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>29197344</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
  </general_references>
  <protein_associations>
    <protein>
      <protein_accession>BMDBP00620</protein_accession>
      <name>Malate dehydrogenase, cytoplasmic</name>
      <uniprot_id>Q3T145</uniprot_id>
      <gene_name>MDH1</gene_name>
      <protein_type>Enzyme</protein_type>
    </protein>
    <protein>
      <protein_accession>BMDBP02566</protein_accession>
      <name>Malic enzyme</name>
      <uniprot_id>B8YB77</uniprot_id>
      <gene_name>ME1</gene_name>
      <protein_type>Enzyme</protein_type>
    </protein>
    <protein>
      <protein_accession>BMDBP02846</protein_accession>
      <name>Fumarate hydratase</name>
      <uniprot_id>Q148D3</uniprot_id>
      <gene_name>FH</gene_name>
      <protein_type>Enzyme</protein_type>
    </protein>
  </protein_associations>
</metabolite>
