GABA shunt
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of succinate from L-glutamate via gamma-aminobutyrate (GABA), bypassing two steps of the TCA cycle. It operates through the sequential conversion of glutamate to GABA by glutamate decarboxylase, transamination of GABA to succinic semialdehyde by GABA transaminase, and oxidation of succinic semialdehyde to succinate by succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase.
GO:0006105
succinate metabolic process
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GO:0006536
glutamate metabolic process
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GO:0170039
proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process
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4-aminobutyrate shunt
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gamma aminobutyrate shunt
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gamma-aminobutyrate shunt
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glutamate decarboxylation to succinate
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