isopropylmalic acid
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Noun[edit]
isopropylmalic acid (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) An intermediate in leucine biosynthesis, synthesized from oxoisovalerate by 2-isopropylmalate synthase and converted into isopropyl-3-oxosuccinate by 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase.