obsolete glutamate catabolic process to succinate via 2-oxoglutarate-dependent GABA-transaminase activity (obsolete GO:0036242)
OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of glutamate into succinate, that includes the conversion of 4-aminobutyrate to succinate semialdehyde by the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent gamma aminobutyrate (GABA) transaminase.