FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term glutamate decarboxylase activity ID (Ontology) GO:0004351 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Catalysis of the reaction: L-glutamate = 4-aminobutanoate + CO2.[ EC:4 ]
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
  QuickGO data     AmiGO data
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
    Results list data from multiple species. Click on a button above and use the 'Filter by species' options on the resulting HitList to retrieve species-specific data.
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
Data Class Field Records
Genes (FBgn)  GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION       2
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
 Genes
 glutamate decarboxylase activity (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       2
     enables | glutamate decarboxylase activity       2
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship: 
  carbon-carbon lyase activity
   |__carboxy-lyase activity
       |__glutamate decarboxylase activity  2 rec.
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a carboxy-lyase activity
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
  • "aspartic alpha-decarboxylase" BROAD[ EC:4 ]
    "cysteic acid decarboxylase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "gamma-glutamate decarboxylase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "L-aspartate-alpha-decarboxylase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "L-glutamate 1-carboxy-lyase (4-aminobutanoate-forming)" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "L-glutamate 1-carboxy-lyase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "L-glutamate alpha-decarboxylase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "L-glutamic acid decarboxylase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
    "L-glutamic decarboxylase activity" RELATED[ EC:4 ]
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts
EC:4.1.1.15
MetaCyc:GLUTDECARBOX-RXN
Reactome:R-HSA-888572 "PXLP-K405-GAD1 decarboxylates L-Glu to form GABA"
Reactome:R-HSA-888577 "Synthesis of GABA by GAD2"
RHEA:17785