The molecule is tricarboxylate anion of but-1-ene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid; major species at pH 7.3. It has a role as a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is a conjugate base of a but-1-ene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid.
(Z)-but-1-ene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate