Definition of "oxaloacetate" [oxaloacetate]

• A salt or an ester of oxaloacetic acid. (noun)

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• "Gluconeogenesis consumes oxaloacetate, which is essential for the entry of Acetyl CoA into the Krebs cycle."
• "When supplies of oxaloacetate are low, the liver converts the increasing levels of Acetyl CoA into ketone bodies."
• "Only when the body is sated with glucose will the oxaloacetate then be used by the kreb cycle= end of ketosis."