malate transmembrane transporter activity
id: GO:0015140
name: malate transmembrane transporter activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of the transfer of malate from one side of the membrane to the other. Malate is a chiral hydroxydicarboxylic acid, hydroxybutanedioic acid. The (+) enantiomer is an important intermediate in metabolism as a component of both the TCA cycle and the glyoxylate cycle.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0015366 | malate:hydrogen symporter activity |
GO:0015367 | oxoglutarate:malate antiporter activity |
GO:0043882 | malate:sodium symporter activity |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0015556 | C4-dicarboxylate transmembrane transporter activity |