FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term glutamate metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006536 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving glutamate, the anion of 2-aminopentanedioic acid.
Also Known As "glutamate metabolism" ; "glutamic acid metabolic process" ; "glutamic acid metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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     involved_in | glutamate metabolic process       1
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carboxylic acid metabolic process
 |__dicarboxylic acid metabolic process____________
L-amino acid metabolic process                     |
 |__glutamine family amino acid metabolic process__|
proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process         |
 |__glutamine family amino acid metabolic process__|
                                                   glutamate metabolic process  14 rec.
                                                    |__ammonia assimilation cycle 1 rec.
                                                    |   |__regulation of ammonia assimilation cycle(+)
                                                    |__glutamate biosynthetic process 4 rec.
                                                    |   |__L-glutamate biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                                    |__glutamate catabolic process to oxaloacetate
                                                    |__L-arginine catabolic process to L-glutamate 1 rec.
                                                    |__L-glutamate catabolic process 6 rec.
                                                    |   |__gamma-aminobutyrate shunt
                                                    |   |__glutamate catabolic process to 4-hydroxybutyrate
                                                    |   |__L-glutamate catabolic process to aspartate 2 rec.
                                                    |   |__L-glutamate catabolic process to butyrate(+)
                                                    |   |__L-glutamate catabolic process to ornithine
                                                    |   |__L-glutamate catabolic process to propionate
                                                    |   |__L-glutamate catabolic process via L-citramalate
                                                    |__L-histidine catabolic process to glutamate and formamide
                                                    |__L-histidine catabolic process to glutamate and formate
                                                    |__L-proline catabolic process to L-glutamate 4 rec.
                                                    |   |__regulation of L-proline catabolic process to L-glutamate(+)
                                                    |__regulation of glutamate metabolic process 1 rec.
                                                    |   |__negative regulation of glutamate metabolic process(+)
                                                    |   |__regulation of ammonia assimilation cycle(+)
                                                    |   |__regulation of L-proline catabolic process to L-glutamate(+)
                                                    |   |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate(+)
                                                    |__tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate
                                                        |__protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glutamate
                                                        |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glutamate(+)
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Is a glutamine family amino acid metabolic process
dicarboxylic acid metabolic process
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    "glutamic acid metabolic process" EXACT
    "glutamic acid metabolism" EXACT
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Wikipedia:Glutamic_acid