glutamate catabolic process

id: GO:0006538
name: glutamate catabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamate, the anion of 2-aminopentanedioic acid.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006539glutamate catabolic process via 2-oxoglutarate
GO:0006540glutamate decarboxylation to succinate
GO:0019460glutamate catabolic process to fumarate
GO:0019549glutamate catabolic process to succinate
GO:0019550glutamate catabolic process to aspartate
GO:0019551glutamate catabolic process to 2-oxoglutarate
GO:0019553glutamate catabolic process via L-citramalate
GO:0019554glutamate catabolic process to oxaloacetate
GO:0019555glutamate catabolic process to ornithine
GO:0019670anaerobic glutamate catabolic process
GO:0033508glutamate catabolic process to butyrate
GO:0033509glutamate catabolic process to propionate

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006536glutamate metabolic process
GO:0009065glutamine family amino acid catabolic process