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Oxaloacetate / Oxaloacetic acid

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Oxaloacetic acid, in the form of its conjugate base oxaloacetate, is a metabolic intermediate in many processes that occur in animals. It takes part in gluconeogenesis, the urea cycle, the Glyoxylate cycle, Amino acids & Biosynthesis, fatty acid synthesis and the [citric acid cycle.]
Nelson & Cox 2005 (4th ed.) New York: W. H. Freeman

It is a four-carbon dicarboxylic acid that is pivotal in the citric acid cycle, which is crucial for energy production in cells.

In the C…